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    Samuel Boorse Professor Mary Dixon ENGL 102-B05 LUO January 30‚ 2011 Thesis Statement for the short story “The Lottery” The title of the story suggests a positive outcome. But upon reading the first couple of paragraphs‚ we see that a different plot is coming together. Outline 1. Many people gathered. a. Three hundred people b. Small town. 2. Children a. Gathering Stones b. Summertime c. Talked of school and teachers 3. Adults gathering

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    Winning the lottery seems like one of the best things to ever happen to anybody. Imagine going from being poor to being a millionaire overnight! That seems like a dream come true‚ but if you do some research you will soon realize that the lottery actually ruined most people’s lives. Why? Because quickly lottery winners realized that the millions of dollars they had received overnight weren’t solving all of their problems. They were still unhappy‚ and becoming even more unhappy. The material items

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    25/9/14 Win a Medal To join the Army is one of my goals in life‚ which inspires me! I have done many things to be prepared and in the future join it. Because‚ feeling Proud made me confident. Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps in JROTC had many programs. There is where students learn how to be more confident and represent what is to be a good citizen. Raters‚ Drill Team‚ Camps Competitions‚ Junior Achievement (Volunteer)‚ those are the programs and participation course I have learned.

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    Hoping to Draw a Blank In modern times‚ the lottery is generally acknowledged as a set of fantastic prizes that people vie to win; however‚ in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery‚” the exact opposite is true. Jackson transforms this rather innocuous-sounding practice to a dark‚ perverse town ritual in a shocking twist that leaves the reader hungry for more details. Jackson conveys her message that tradition is not always best with her omission of details‚ use of foreshadowing and abrupt ending.

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    Mohammad Alnemer Prof. Kane Mary English 1302 June23‚ 2015 Lottery by Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson is an expert at controlling her peruse‚ a strategy that pays off as the story develops and everything that once appeared to be wonderful are demonstrated to have an exceptionally dull side. The title of "The Lottery" alone is an awesome illustration of how Shirley Jackson topples peruse desires; we more often than not hear "lottery" and are loaded with a feeling of trust and plausibility; we are

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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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    202 million dollar Powerball. I already have my winnings mapped out if I was to win the Powerball. I would make sure my family is finically set. Continue living my day to day life. I would invest into something nonprofit. With that said let me tell you how I would spend my winnings. Making sure my family is finically set would consist of: Paying all of our debt off. Making sure my children’s education is paid for and they have money for the rest of their life. I would make sure my parents bills

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    the belief that every human being has a good side and a bad side‚ and in “ The Lottery” you can see some great examples of this.Just a few characters that are good examples include‚ Bill Hutchinson‚ Nancy‚ Bill Jr‚ and Davy. Bill Hutchinson is character in the short story “The Lottery” who is a great example to use when it comes to the duality of Human Nature. Bill is the unlucky person who wins the lottery‚ putting his family at risk of death. When they redraw to see who in the family will

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    For the majority of The Lottery Rose‚ Georgie Burgess had absolute hatred for Molly Harper because when Georgie snuck out and planted his rosebush in her garden. The next day when she saw the rosebush and multiple bulbs out of the ground‚ she was furious and ripped the rosebush out of the soil it was in and threw it down onto the road. Mrs. Harper then proceeded to tell Georgie that if she ever saw him trying to plant his rosebush anywhere on her property she would rip it out of the fragile soil

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    Introduction I. Introduction: One Wednesday September 26th 2012 somebody in Iowa won the 202 million dollar Powerball. II. Thesis: I already have my winnings mapped out if I were to win the Powerball. III. Preview of Main Points: a. I would make sure my family is finically set. b. Continue living my day to day life. c. I would invest into something nonprofit. Transition: With that said let me tell you how I would spend my winnings. Body I. Main Point 1: Making

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