After reading the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson‚ I think the most important theme was Traditions and Customs. In this short story‚ the village that the story takes place in has a tradition every year called the lottery. In this tradition‚ one person is picked out of the village and is given a stoning‚ a punishment where people take rocks and throw them at you until you die. This tradition has been going on so long that the villagers cannot remember when it started. Also in this tradition
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Possibility of Evil Envy‚ greed‚ lust - all examples of "evil" things done by us all; nevertheless‚ what is evil? Can we stop it‚ and if so‚ are we obligated to? Before we speak about the obligation of the normal person to stop evil‚ we have to understand what evil is. Evil is what a person accepts it as true; this can be seen in the story inside Miss Strangeworth. She does not believe her letters create problems rather than solve them. And that in another person’s eyes‚ she can be perceived as
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It’s just the simple act of picking one of the many pieces of paper from a black box‚ one of which contains the dot that speaks of its drawer’s destiny… Question is‚ is it an act or a choice—or‚ if it were possible‚ destiny itself? But if one would stop and think—and lay aside the ironies of a tragic death through a single tragic mistake—and look into—and‚ similarly‚ look through—the eyes of Tessie Hutchinson‚ her husband Bill‚ her son Davy‚ and all the other people in their town‚ one would stop
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In the story “The lottery” the villagers hold a ritual each year where they stone someone to death. Based on the story‚ it is clear that they kill someone‚ but the reason is not as clear. Most of my peers think that one person is killed each year due to overpopulation‚ but one person every year in a village of 300 people would not have a massive impact so based on the text The Lottery is done because of the sacrifice. That is why Old Man Warner says that the villages that gave up the lottery are
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The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is well-organized and it does follow the Freytag’s Arc. The author begins the story by explaining the setting‚ characters and background info which exposed the readers to important information. The story is set in a small town with population of three hundred people. The time of the day is in the morning and the time of the year is early summer. The author states that everyone is coming together for what seems enjoyable‚ festive and celebratory occasion
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In the story “Veldt” by Ray Bradbury‚ The parents‚ George and Lydia‚ (Who were expatriate) are to blame for their own deaths because they are the ones who let the kids (Peter and Wendy) be addicted‚ instead of minimizing the use of all the technology in their home. In the beginning of the story George and Lydia bought a smart house‚ so the machines could accomplish all their multiple chores for them. George and Lydia bought a VR house so that they didn’t have to do anything for their kids. This
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All Summer in a Day‚ by Ray Bradbury teaches readers that jealousy can lead you to do horrible things. The other children are jealous of Margot because she remembers what the sun is like‚ and they don’t. Therefor‚ the theme of jealousy shows up many times throughout the story. Making it evident that the theme of All Summer in a Day‚ is that you shouldn’t let jealousy guide you into making poor decisions. The children show their feelings toward Margot when they are sharing their stories. Margot’s
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In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ Montag’s society is somewhat similar to the current modern society‚ but not completely. The present society is similar to Montag’s in some ways‚ a couple of them being a lot of people in today’s generation seem to be more into technology use than in the past‚ and a lot of people can not seem to find time to pick up a book to read anymore. However the current society is not completely like Montag’s‚ because firemen today are responsible for taking out and preventing
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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was a dark short story that had a slight twist to it. It was based in a village were citizens had a certain tradition passed on from generation to generation that they obeyed. The symbol of the lottery was a black box filled with slips of paper‚ in which one of those slips contains a black spot that decides the fate of the person picked. The scapegoat of the story was a mother and wife named Tessie Hutchinson. A scapegoat can be an animal or person that is unjustly
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seen in the lives of both people and machines throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Mildred‚ the emotionless wife of main character Montag‚ displays the qualities of being both dead and alive. From the very beginning of the story‚ Mildred showed no signs of life within her. When we are first introduced to her‚ she is laying motionless in a dark room‚ having overdosed on sleeping tablets. Bradbury describes Mildred’s
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