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    In addition to the overestimated chances‚ the lottery targets the poor in a very disconcerting manner. The economic hopelessness that entraps the poor is preyed upon by lottery ads‚ promising a chance of immediate financial success. Advertisements often show depictions of people transforming from tattered clothing to tailored suits‚ champagne‚ and expensive cars. Billboards and radio commercials focus on lower-income areas‚ while many ad campaigns coincide with the release of government benefit checks

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    Sometimes they are followed blindly. However‚ Shirley Jackson‚ in “The Lottery” believes that people should not follow traditions blindly. First‚ traditions in Iran are followed by some people due to the different types of religions. Some traditions in Iran are extremely different from the tradition in “The Lottery.” “The Lottery” differs from Iran tradition Ramadan because Ramadan allows people to purify themselves and in “The Lottery” people are basically celebrating death. Ramadan starts on the ninth

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    Critical Essay – The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson deals with an important human issue in her short story‚ the lottery. She shows how people will conform to the norm even if they think it is wrong and conforming to the norm means they will hurt and even kill their family and friends. The lottery is about a little town somewhere in America where every year the town stones one member of its community to death. The person who is stoned is selected through a ballot but all the way through

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    Characterization is refer to as the personality assigned to the individuals in the story. Tessie Hutchinson stands out because she arrives late to the lottery. Jackson set her apart from the other characters because the lottery is taken seriously‚ but Mrs. Hutchinson forgot what day it was as she was doing chores. At first‚ she was eager to join the lottery and even said “Get up there‚ Bill.” However she became desperate to get out of the situation when Bill draws the marked strip of paper and starts

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    one that has been lamented and explored by many an author. It is not a widely disputed concept that society drives the thought and behavior of individuals within that society. In Both Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time” and Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” are useful examples where society is the driving force behind the actions of the characters within the stories. This is highlighted by the existence of leaders or icons‚ usually only one or two in the whole society that had the mental strength and

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    killing a human being is normal while in other tradition it is taught not to harm any animal. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson shows that the tradition of killing someone for the crops is normal but to many people these traditions are very abnormal. This is because they are willing to kill another person for their own needs. What is normal to them is very abnormal to us. Adults accept this “Lottery” just as if it were any other custom‚ they make it seem normal. The text states‚ “[T]he men began

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    April 9‚ 2013 English 110 Critical Analysis Sense of Community versus Animal Instinct in Jackson’s “The Lottery” “The Lottery” is a short story that illustrates how society uses a sense of morality to justify its most base animal instinct‚ survival. In this story Jackson uses a small‚ seemingly civil community to show that‚ when portrayed as an ideal representative of the greater good‚ a crime like murder can be justified and even encouraged. Additionally‚ this story asks us to question how

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    through the use of militarism or technologies and also by technology themselves. Citizens of a dystopian community doesn ’t hold their own rights and are usually treated inhumanely‚ creating a fearsome and dark environment. Short stories such as "The Lottery" written by Shirley Jackson typically follows a dystopian society. The author first introduces the story to be a utopian community where she describes the day as "clear and sunny‚ with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming

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    On June 27th‚ the residents of a small New England village gather in the town square to conduct the lottery. The lottery is a tradition for the town and the villagers. The town only has roughly three hundred people. Mr. Summers‚ the officiant of the lottery‚ brings the black box into the center of the square. Mr. Graves‚ the postmaster‚ brings a stool for the black box. Children assemble first‚ “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones‚ and the other boys soon followed his example

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    displayed in short stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ and “Marriage is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe. Tradition is something you pass down through generation to generation. Something that usually is a long established custom or belief that has been passed on a certain way. When the word tradition enters your mind‚ no one comes to think that tradition may have negative effects. Times have changed‚ should the way we live our lives change along with it? In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and

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