armed conflict is on the commander(s) for ordering or encouraging soldiers to kill innocent people. People in The Lottery are like soldiers blindly following a rule that ends up taking innocent lives. Winning the lottery does not in tale a trip to a nice place but it’s a responsibility. This is an analogy to the war because any soldier who enters an army is as if he was entering the lottery. As the villagers in the story ignore Tessie’s protest‚ they begin to select the stones they are going to use against
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they understand what we had to go through? Or maybe they just don’t care. My mother was brutally murdered two years ago by the Lottery. When she opened her paper and the dot was there my heart had dropped. It was only the two of us. My mom was the only family I had. My father had passed away ten years ago when I was six ‚and I don’t
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The short story “The Lottery” was very creative and eventful‚ that by the end of the story leaves you wanting more. Throughout the entire short story‚ it has a lot of key underlining themes that help the reader understand who they are and what type of society they live in. Some of those major themes in the story consist of the danger of blindly following tradition‚ the randomness of persecution‚ brutality/savagery‚ the idea of a scapegoat. Each of these in there own way help shape the story into
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KEEPERS is an original supernatural gothic horror tale that presents with an excellent concept. The idea of a mother leaving behind a will that stipulates that the men in her life are eligible to become the guardians or keepers of her kids is very appealing‚ but add the idea that the children are evil or sinister‚ makes for an even more chilling and lurid tale. The tone is dark. The setting nicely establishes the gothic atmosphere. It feels authentic and there’s an ominous and gloomy tenor to the
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The Lottery Shirley Jackson was a short story writer and novelist; however‚ she was also a loner and an introvert. Shirley was born on December 14‚ 1916 in San Francisco‚ CA. Jackson and her family moved East when she was 17‚ were she attended Rochester University. After doing a year‚ she dropped out of school‚ stayed at home for a year and began practicing on her writing. Jackson entered Syracuse University in 1937‚ where she met her future husband. Stanley Edgar Hyman‚ who was at the time also
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Compare/Contrast on Young Goodman Brown and the Lottery ENGL 102: Literature and Composition Spring D 2013 Crystal Gritton L24706101 APA In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story‚ “Young Goodman Brown”‚ he tells a parable of a Puritan who loses faith in man after he thinks he witnesses his wife and town members perform in a Black Mass. The experience ruins his view of good in people‚ and leaves him feeling distrustful lonely. The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ is a short story about a village that
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Although the short stories “The Lottery” and “The Veldt” have completely different settings and time periods‚ the one common theme that runs through both stories is the tendency of human nature to use violence to accomplish its goals. In both stories‚ selfishness drives the characters to commit horrific acts of murder. In Shirley Jackson’s story “The Lottery‚” the villagers use the excuse of an annual ritual to literally execute one of their own in the mistaken belief that it will help
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What is any good story without suspense and tension that keeps readers intrigued and eager to turn the page? Although throughout the story the plot was small and not much happened; it still revealed many tones‚ suspense‚ tension‚ jealousy and in the end exposed symbolism. In the first sentence‚ “This blind man‚ an old friend of my wife’s‚ he was on his way to spend the night.” I sensed tension when the narrator identified his wife’s friend by his visual impairment and not by his first name. For
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The “Lottery” is about is about how a women or a girl whatever you want to call her‚ she won the lottery and people didn’t think it was fair so they stoned her to death. A good thing to think about in life is to treat people the way you wanted to be treated. That is always a good thing to remember. In the story people like to be treated with respect they don’t like to be treated like “Trash” as people say. In the story is people are being disrespectful to one another one of the other people would
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Did you know that suspense is the key factor in horror movies or stories? Suspense is the thing that makes reading or watching those types of movies or book exciting. The writers work hard creating the suspense for that effect. The words the author uses or the way he/she writes the story causes suspense the outcome is the reader dying to know what happens next or is frightened. The Author creates suspense when the 3rd wish is made‚ because you are waiting to see if it worked in time this makes
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