The Prompt: A well-known football coach once said‚ “Winning isn’t everything‚ it’s the only thing.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Write an essay in which you state your position and support it with convincing reasons. The Model Essay: The Sport in Losing The buzzer sounded‚ and the opposing team began to cheer. A young girl stood behind the serving line‚ volleyball still in hand‚ and allowed her anger to swell. Her team had just lost—and by almost ten points. She had tried to save
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Do Lotteries Benefit the Poor? Lotteries take advantage of the poor in several ways. The lottery entices the poor to waste their money on lottery tickets‚ rather than everyday necessities‚ such as food‚ clothing and shelter. The main way that lottery promoters succeed in attracting the poor is through the persuasive use of advertisements. Other members of anti-lottery groups believe lottery advertisements are deceitful and attract poor people to its promises. Flashy slogans and pictures of large
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Are we winning the war on drugs? In my opinion‚ I think we have made serious strides to control the use‚ sale and distribution of illegal drugs‚ although‚ the battle has been not been won. Americans spent almost sixty-four billon dollars on illegal drugs in 2000. That’s over three times as much as the government spends fighting drugs.[1] Today‚ the government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on the war on drugs. Most of our drugs are imported from Mexico and Columbia‚ mostly marijuana and
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The Role of Setting in The Lottery Ticket The various types of setting used in “The Lottery Ticket” contributed to a greater fluency of the story’s plot‚ a push in the character’s action‚ and more importantly revealing the theme of the story. First of all‚ the time of day set in the story provided the two characters‚ Ivan and Masha‚ a more suitable chance to fantasize. Readers can find out in the introduction that the entire event occurred “after supper” (P198)‚ the time of day at which people generally
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symbolism in "The Lottery" to give an overall point of view of the story. Even though a small village made seem peaceful‚ and a good place to raise a family‚ it is not always what it seems to be. The reader is about to enter a world with ritualistic ceremony and religious orthodoxy in "The Lottery." The Lottery takes place on a clear and sunny summer morning around June 27 in a small village with about three hundred villagers gathering together in the central square for the annual lottery. As a child
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Winning Isn’t The Most Important Thing Vince Lombardi’s famous saying "Winning isn’t the most important thing. It’s the only thing" is unfortunately the motto of too many athletes today. Although winning is important and sports are‚ and should be taken seriously‚ by far‚ winning isn’t the only thing. Putting everything you have and giving one hundred percent to the effort is also very important to competition. A team that puts everything they have into a game and comes out the losers‚ has
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Author’s Biography: Jack Welch started his career with the GE in 1960‚ and in 1981 became the company’s 8th chairman and CEO. During his term‚ GE’s market assets got increased by whopping $400 billion‚ making it most valuable corporation of the world. His honest‚unique style of management and rules became the desired standards in business‚ with his continuous focus on people‚ teamwork‚ and profits. This book answeres most difficult questions people face both on and off during their job.
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The stories being analyzed are “The Destructors‚” and “The Lottery.” Tessie better known as Mrs. Hutchinson and Old Misery or Mr. Thomas‚ have many similarities between them. Some being the fact they both had something taken from them‚ a home or pride. They both enjoy a nice conversation with their friends or visitors. While there are some similarities between the two of them there are also some differences. Differences ranging from the lack of awareness to being completely aware of the circumstances
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Shirley Jackson wrote “The Lottery” the genre is speculative fiction and starts out giving us the date‚ which was the 27th of June and was clear and sunny day‚ but also had the feel of a really hot summers day. The flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The Story starts off as a normal story but progresses to be very different and unpredictable including the ending. The introduction starts out as making it sound like a normal place but as you keep on reading the story and
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Symbolism: “The Lottery” and “Everyday Use” Symbolism is a magnificent thing. It can prep the reader to expect something unique to the story‚ and sometimes symbolism isn’t even recognized until the reader has completely finished the story. For this critical analysis‚ I will be looking at the symbolism in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson In this story‚ the symbolism begins with the description of the black box. The
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