"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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I am writing my essay on “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. There are several themes that run through this classic short story. One would be the long standing traditions. The mysterious lottery is one example. Villagers continue the lottery year after year because‚ as one of the villagers would say‚ “We have always had a lottery as far back as I can remember. I see no reason to end it.” The black box that contains each citizen’s name is another example. Another theme would be that of man’s cruelty
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All people have the desire to express themselves‚ however‚ it can be difficult using words alone. In the search for an outlet to express oneself through actions‚ people find ways to do so through art‚ singing‚ sports‚ and any way imaginable. For certain people‚ it even means straying away from the norms of that activity to express themselves in their own unique way. For those some‚ it can be the combination of both chance and choice in their work that make them unique. A chance can be defined as
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There are a myriad of different possibilities for the theme of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ but to me the story represents the concept of blame. As humans‚ we sometimes feel a need to target someone as the root of our problems‚ even if we know that they were in no way involved. This makes us feel better because we are able to take out our anger or stress on someone else. In some cases this person may be picked at random‚ such as Tessie was in the story. This can at times be unfair to the target
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forgotten‚ and just done for the sake of doing it. At first‚ The lottery was actually for religious purposes‚ and many events followed and preceded it. Then it turned into a hollow tradition nobody really cared about. “The Lottery”‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ turns to a less observed topic‚ and gives us a very good example of what many of us do today. When the lottery started‚ it was a tradition to make corn growth heavier. Old Warner confirms this when he talks about how there USED to be a saying “Lottery
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The East coast of the United States was burdened with new settlers and becoming over populated. President Andrew Jackson and the government had to find a way to alleviate this over crowdedness and move people to the West. The government passed the Indian Removal Policy in the year 1830‚ which called for the removal of Native Americans from the Tennessee‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and Georgia areas. It also moved the Seminole capital‚ Echota‚ in Tennessee to the new capital called New
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Current Event In the recent article on CNN News‚ Jethro Mullen reports of a woman in Afghanistan sentenced to death by stoning after an accusation adultery. The article‚ “Woman stoned to death in Afghanistan over accusation of adultery”‚ reports of a 19-year-old woman named Rokhshana who was in a forced marriage‚ and as a result‚ fled away with another man. They were caught by Taliban leader of the village and he ordered Rokhshana to be stoned to death. Joyenda‚ one of two female governors in Afghanistan
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