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    If I Won the Lottery

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    What I Would Do If I Won the Lottery WoooHoooo! I won! I won! Just hearing about winning the lottery sounds great‚ even better if it actually happened! I wouldn’t even know where to begin. I would think I would have to share at least some of it. I also wouldn’t spend all of it. I wouldn’t even know where to begin. I would definitely go on a shopping spree. Just the thought of buying anything I want sounds great! A whole new wardrobe. Also I would travel during vacations from school. Mexico

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    Enculturation is a groups norms and there culture. Learning to adapt to other culture and‚ the cultures around you. In the movie the lottery they use enculturation many ways. In the first part of the film the kids were running around collecting rocks. Rocks of all sizes and putting them into a pile. The kids are doing this like It’s a game. They are having fun while doing it and other people around are standing there watching them. They are having a normal day. While random people names are called

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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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    The Lottery Ticket

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    Country Code List Country | ISO Country Codes | Country Code | Population (Rank of 1) | Area Sq. Km (Rank of 1) | GDP $USD (Rank of 1) | Afghanistan | AF / AFG  | 93  | 28‚396‚000 (43)  | 652‚230 (42)  | 22.27 Billion (114)  | Albania | AL / ALB  | 355  | 3‚639‚453 (129)  | 28‚748 (145)  | 21.81 Billion (116)  | Algeria | DZ / DZA  | 213  | 34‚178‚188 (36)  | 2‚381‚741 (12)  | 232.9 Billion (48)  | American Samoa | AS / ASM  | 1 684  | 65‚628 (204)  | 199 (215)  | 575.3 Million (210) 

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    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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    “The Lottery” Research Paper Outline Thesis/Essay Map Statement: Through the names of the characters used‚ the ritualized use of a scapegoat‚ and the actions of the women in “The Lottery‚” Shirley Jackson symbolistically foreshadowed the unforeseeable ending and portrayed the culture of rural America. Main supporting points and minor supporting details: I. The names of the characters symbolistically foreshadowed the unforeseeable ending and portrayed the culture of rural America. A. Mr

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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 Lottery Theme Essay

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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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    Jacksons “The Lottery” view of Tessie Hutchinson Tessit Hutchinson played a very important roll in the short story "The Lottry". She and her famly end up being the central focus of this story once the actual lottery begins. When she arrives late to the lottery unlike everyone else in the town who were all early and had began to gather‚ this is the point that tells the readers that she is going to be the main focus of the story. Although a lot of other very important things are said between the other

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    Introduction to Literature April 25‚ 2015 Keyword: Foreshadowing [Be sure to use boldfaced type for the keyword and synonyms.] Foreshadowing in “The Lottery” (p. 133) PART ONE: ANALYSIS Humans can make interpretations. We don’t have to take everything literally; we can see below the surface of events‚ and we can “read between the lines.” Symbolism is one important tool authors use for conveying meaning “below the surface.” By being able to “read” symbols‚ the reader can understand the main themes

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