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    Analysis: The Lottery

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    1. Where you surprised by the ending of the story? If not‚ at what point did you know what was going to happen? How does Jackson start to foreshadow the ending in paragraph 2 and 3? Conversely‚ how does Jackson lull us into thinking that this is just an ordinary story with an ordinary town? A: I was quite shocked by the ending of the story‚ mainly because I did not know exactly what the people of the village were competing in the lottery for. I was not sure if the win was for money‚ better jobs

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    Symbolism in the Lottery

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    “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson uses symbolism in “The Lottery” to show the importance of remaining faithful to tradition and the unknown consequences that seem to occur when citizens lose touch with their village’s rituals. The idea of a yearly lottery in this small village is a very important ritual that has been passed down for such a long time‚ so long that nobody knows why it was started or why it is necessary to keep following through with it. The old black box that is used in the lottery to

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    Shirley Jackson’s‚ “The Lottery”‚ clearly expresses her feelings concerning traditional rituals through her story. It opens the eyes of readers to properly classify and question some of today’s traditions as cruel‚ and allows room to foretell the outcome of these unusual traditions. “The Lottery” is a short story that records the annual sacrifice ceremony of a fictional small town. It is a detailed narrative of the selection of the person to be sacrificed‚ a

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    the lottery symbolism

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    ENC 1102-021 Critical Analysis Paper Symbolism: Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” In Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” she used symbolism to display the corrupt nature in tradition‚ show how people fight change‚ and view tradition. Each year on June 27 the community comes together to select the winner of the lottery who they will then stone to death. Jackson begins the story in such a realistic way to that this lottery could have taken place anywhere in America but doesn’t give the exact

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    If I Won 50 Million

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    honestly say that if I won 50 million dollars in the lottery I would enjoy my winnings with my family by doing anything and everything they desire. Although I have given to charity in the past it would not be on the top of my list for things to do. I’m pretty certain that everyone wants that life of luxury and while many of us are already living quite well it just may not be well enough. So if you say you don’t want a life where you can have anything you want in this world and

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    Lottery Essay

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    the short story “The Lottery” also written by Shirley Jackson. This story is about a village that is subject to around 300 villagers that have a certain tradition which is a special type of “lottery” that happens every year; the “winner” is to be stoned to death by their fellow neighbours. Jackson also stresses the importance of human nature‚ which is that humans are conditioned to do what is taught since birth. Jackson also uses Ritualistic features that are not just the lottery itself but actions

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    Inborn Evil and Weakness of Mankind Displayed in “The Lottery” “It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception‚ with awareness‚ and perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.” This insightful quote was once said by Psychologist Stanley Milgram who received his PhD in Psychology at the age of 28 (Blass 69). In the short story “The Lottery”‚ a fictional tale written by Shirley Jackson in 1948‚ a close community

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    Marxist: the Lottery

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    David Budnick Mrs. Sarnoski English 12 Honors 14 December 2012 “The Lottery” Through the Eyes of a Marxist/Feminist Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is about a town in which a little black box controls whether or not a person may live or be killed. The lack of dominant female characters illustrates the assumption that women are often seen as inferior to men. Interesting developments of the plot and theme make it obvious to the reader how women are portrayed in the story. This short story shows

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    Setting in the Lottery

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    Setting in “The Lottery” The setting in a story helps to form the story and it makes the characters become more interesting. There are three main types of setting. The first is nature and the outdoors‚ second is objects of human manufacture and construction and the third is cultural conditions and assumptions. These three things help the reader to understand the characters better in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”. “The Lottery” is started out by

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    Symbols In The Lottery

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    Symbolism In “The Lottery” Everyone in the world has or will experience the death of best friends or loved ones. No matter what anyone does‚ they can’t overpower death. Our world is full of it‚ whether it is natural death‚ killing‚ or even suicide‚ and the town in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is not any different. In this short story one person is brutally murdered every year just so they possibly will have a good harvest. The Villagers pull slips from a black box and the one that picks the

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