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    The story‚ The Lottery‚ is an example of people following an old tradition to an extent of what it was when it was first created. It implies many examples of traditions and ceremonies‚ religious beliefs‚ and about the human nature itself. The performance of the lottery every year continues the tradition‚ the source of the execution is show many times in Bible‚ and how it is human nature to use other humans as their source

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    story “The Lottery”‚ is famous because it is an unexpected macabre ironic story written by Shirley Jackson‚ who suffered from mental and physical illness. The lottery is famous activity of the town. Like a normal lottery‚ the community gets together and participate once a year. Although it sounds nice‚ the winner of that lottery is murdered. With the use of irony‚ Jackson gives a fine and happy story‚ a horrific twisted end. Irony begins before we begin to read‚ because we associate lottery with something

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    excellent short stories. She composes literature mainly focusing on horror and mystery. She has been nominated and have won various awards‚ including the Edgar award for Best Short Story. The story that put Shirley Jackson on the map is The Lottery. The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson is a short story about a small village that has a tradition of gathering everyone in town‚ once a year‚ to see who gets stoned to death. There are a multitude of characters but none truly become the focus of the

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    Lateisha Davis Professor Coleman English 101 (2503) 25 July 2012 Abstract for “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Although Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” is widely read‚ it has received little critical review in the decades since it was published. This analysis of the text illuminates Jackson’s intertwining of the story’s theme‚ point of view and language. One finds that each of these three an integral part depends on the other. One must examine Jackson’s

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    The Lottery: Blindly Flowing Traditions There have been hundreds of social issues through the years that have grabbed the attention of the American public‚ but one that is still relevant today is the social issue of blindly following tradition. When someone follows tradition they are forgetting all the moral aspects of the situation and just doing the act because it has been done for years because it is a tradition. These traditions make the people participating it closer or so they

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    "The Lottery" - Response Paper #1 In the short story “ The Lottery” Shirley Jackson‚ emphasized horror in her story by masking it with anticipation and activeness on trying to figure out what the lottery actually is. She does this by leaving hints along the way like behavior and keywords. She used behaviors to express horror when it’s nearing the end and close the cruel truth of the lottery. The most important in this short story has the oddest and questionable behavior. From where she is introduced

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    Roles of the Sexes With both stories being relatively short‚ it is easier to compare them to some extent. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “Finishing Schools” by Maya Angelou‚ both share similar themes amongst them. In the short story “The Lottery”‚ there were many themes but one of the ideas that caught my attention was the topic of sexism. The same issue could be identified in the story “Finishing School” The two characters in both stories were dealing with some sort of sexist problem. In

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    analytical essay? 1. intro - intro sentence -concise summary of "lottery story": "wh" = answer all these for sure- when‚ where‚ what‚ who ‚ how kids (including dany h) villagers officials warner adams tessie symbolic objects a tale with a dark message‚ with a dire warning‚ strange story of a parable with a relevant‚ timeless story. identify the story‚ author and a brief‚ phrased description of the story itself. ^intro sentence thesis sentence - all these groups

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    linked with each other because they were based on history‚ tradition‚ and nature of people and places. Shirley Jackson “The Lottery‚” main idea was based on tradition and history. The writer used symbolism to introduce the idea of “Black box”. “Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery‚” Old man Warner said as he went through the crowd. “Seventy-seventh time.”(419)‚ “The lottery” was an important tradition and it was carried for a very long time because the black box was old and it was mentioned in

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    Warren Averett University 30 March 2014 Professor Buksar‚ MA It is very easy to understand why Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” caused controversy at the time it was first published in 1948; which was shortly after World War II. The story may have been seen as an attempt to look at traditions that have become questionable. In “The Lottery” Jackson attempts to compare real world traditions that are no longer relevant‚ with those of the story by displaying what happens when traditions

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