Tradition is the backbone of every culture and civilization. It helps to pass the beliefs‚ philosophies‚ and customs of societies from generation to generation. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson describes about a tradition of an annual lottery draw‚ participated by the people of a village to insure a bountiful harvest. Usually in lotteries‚ the winners get something special that makes them happy. But in this story‚ the tradition of the lottery is that whoever is the winner is stoned to death to get
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THE LOTTERY A short fictional story published by Shirley Jackson The Lottery was originally published in the magazine The New Yorker in 1948. On one clear sunny morning in a village of 300 it was the day of June 27‚ The Lottery Day. It was held at the town square by the post office and the bank. This village was a farming village. The time they held this was anytime they wanted. On this special day people gather around the town square and the kids collect rocks. During this day Graves and Summers
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SHORT STORY TITLE: SHAME Shame is a short story by Shirley Lim‚ depicting the Chinese culture in Malaysia. Shame talks about how women in Baba Nyonya culture must behave according to their society’s expectation. The main character in this story is Mei Sim‚ 6 years old girl who was stuck in her society’s culture. The story took place in the most historic country‚ Malacca at early independence of Malaysia. It is about Mei Sim who always been nagged by her mother because of a small mistakes. Mei Sim’s
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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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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story that presents an annual mandatory lottery where each “head” of the family comes up to draw a paper. The family with the head who picks the paper redraws as a whole‚ and the “lucky winner” gets stoned to death. Villagers in the town originally performed the lottery from the belief that a sacrifice brought better crops to the village. Now‚ however‚ the villagers‚ who have forgotten the purpose‚ continue just because it is a tradition. In the beginning
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‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy is one of the most profound love poems in the world‚ with a strong message to all readers. The general idea that Duffy is trying to get across to us is how the gifts given at Valentine has no real meaning of true love. She uses many different techniques and figurative language to express her message. Evidently‚ there is no specific pattern of rhythm and rhyme‚ so therefore we can conclude that this poem is written in free verse. This highlights the fact that love has
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Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre February 14th‚ 1929 Why is the Massacre of St. Valentine’s significant? Setting Popular Gangsters of the 1920’s Reasons for Massacre The Plan That Morning on February 14th The Getaway Where was Moran? Where was Capone? Who was held Responsible? On February 14th‚ 1929‚ seven men were lined up and pumped with 90 bullets from two tommy guns‚ a sawed-off shotgun‚ and an automatic colt pistol. Victims were mostly shot in the head and torso. The incident took place in
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To begin‚ the monologue I have chosen is from HAMLET Act 3‚ Scene 1‚ Page 7. Correspondingly‚ the character (Ophelia) who I am playing has a very straightforward goal in her monologue. With this said‚ Ophelia is expressing her lament for Hamlet’s mental deterioration. Ophelia says her monologue to the audience with sadness and extreme distress. For example‚ Ophelia states that Hamlet’s “noble mind is here o’erthrown!” This beginning phrase is significant because it is her explaining how Hamlet’s
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ending when the story’ true meaning becomes apparent. The author Shirley Jackson gives the reader subtle symbolic hints that the small New England town has a ritualistic nature. When the reader reaches the ending of The Lottery; all of Shirley Jackson’s signals begin to come together similar to puzzle pieces. The reader realizes the irony in the story because the winner of the annual
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