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    event‚ which has been named the lottery. The lottery is not like the typical lottery where one is a winner of money or something good but is one in which a person in the village is randomly drawn from a black box‚ and then violently stoned by friends and family. In "The Lottery‚" Shirley Jackson illustrates how people can perform cruel acts towards others in the acceptance of tradition‚ even when they know it’s wrong. Some

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    and contrast of “The Lottery” & “The Necklace” In Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" the objects in the story all foreshadow the story’s dark undertone. But in Guy De Mauppasant’s "The Necklace‚" Mathilde’s life is defined in the moment after the ball‚ when she looks in the mirror and discovers the loss of the necklace. These stories are similar and different in many ways. There are many comparisons between “The Lottery” and “The Necklace”. First‚ In “The Lottery” when Tessi saw the

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    for the traditional annual lottery. The officiator‚ Mr. Summers‚ begins the ominous unnecessary lottery that customarily selects an innocent villager to be stoned to death. Although the real purpose of the lottery is to commit murder‚ Mr Summers seems to be void of any moral compass as he sports a white shirt and blue jeans signifying his purity to the situation as if he is Pontius Pilate washing his hands at the trial of Jesus. Assuming the role as head of the lottery for many years‚ Mr. Summers

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    Hey! Have you ever just followed to crowd? Well “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “First They Came” by Martin Niemoller talk about that! Now if you’ve never seen “The Lottery” or “First They Came” here is a summary of it. "The Lottery" takes place in the morning of June 27th‚ in a little village between the post office and the bank a lottery was started. Everyone gathered around Mr. Summers with a black box full of paper slips‚ and one of the paper slips has a black dot. Mr. Hutchinson was the

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    express themselves and others to relate to and escape from normal‚ everyday life. As we look at the two stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell we will look at the different conflicts that appear‚ the different ways each major character experiences conflict‚ and how these conflicts are eventually resolved. In the short story “The Lottery” a small village of about three-hundred people is depicted. The author describes a quiet friendly little town where

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    cure for winning the lottery‚ for falling in love‚ for the end of the war‚ for being free of abuse‚ or for having food‚ warmth‚ clothing‚ and shelter- we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn’t matter‚ but rather the essence of hope itself.” This author was kind of trying to talk about the same thing as in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. Jackson grew up in California and began writing short story and poetry as a young teenage girl. When she wrote the “the lottery “she but some themes

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    The Lottery opens with the details of the day of the lottery as s Sunny‚ warm‚ summers day. Summer thrives on having days described in the opening sentence and sunny day signifies how normal the lottery is in their society. Despite the fact someone is going to be killed and stoned to death that day. Children gathering stones and also participating in the stoning show that everyone can cast judgement on people. The old black box could represent conservative views government or religion. Mr. Summer

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    In the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson it told about an agricultural community that hosts a lottery to make their crops grow. During the Lottery‚ they have a drawing of papers. The one who has the black mark on their paper will be stoned to death as a sacrifice for their crops. Readers can learn that karma will come back to you from this story. Arguing about something unimportant won’t do you any good in the future. In this story‚ Tess argued that her husband didn’t get enough time to

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    knowing‚ it can jump from character to character and give information that only the reader knows about. Does varying amongst these three point of views change the reader opinion of a story? Shirley Jackson decided to write The Lottery in third person while Alice Walker

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    The Lottery is a short story written by Shirley Jackson. This story takes place in a small town located in the US. This story happened on 27 June at10 am in the morning. It is a warm and bright day. It is a perfect day to celebrate the lottery‚ which is the huge annual ceremony for this town. All the citizen joins together in the town square to rejoice this event. The children are playing on the plaza and gathering the stones‚ they look exciting and anxiously. It seems to be a common celebration

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