The stories being analyzed are “The Destructors‚” and “The Lottery.” Tessie better known as Mrs. Hutchinson and Old Misery or Mr. Thomas‚ have many similarities between them. Some being the fact they both had something taken from them‚ a home or pride. They both enjoy a nice conversation with their friends or visitors. While there are some similarities between the two of them there are also some differences. Differences ranging from the lack of awareness to being completely aware of the circumstances
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suffer for long. Though the villagers think of this day just as normal as any other‚ June 27th is the day that they perform this messed up ritual. For example‚ Mrs. Hutchinson arrived late to the lottery because she forgot about it. “Wouldn’t have me leave m’dishes in the sink‚ now‚ would you Joe?” was her excuse. Mrs. Hutchinson is obviously a crazy and careless individual because she can’t even remember what day one of the people in her society is going to be murdered. The narrator states that
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One of the Lemmings Tradition is the backbone of every established country in the world. Family‚ community‚ and even country wide traditions are extremely common. Though popular culture may change‚ traditions always stay the same. Why is tradition followed so closely? Many are for religious or family reasons‚ but how many traditions are followed blindly? What deems a tradition‚ or anything the crowd does‚ as morally acceptable? The themes of each story‚ Young Goodman Brown and The Lottery‚ deal
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First Person vs. Third Person What makes an author make choose a particular point of view to tell their story from? Does it really matter? Can the point of view of a story shape the reader’s entire experience? There are three different points of views: first‚ second‚ and third. First person is told from one character’s point of view‚ which limits the facts and gives the reader just the one character’s opinion of the story. Second person treats the reader as the main character in a story. Third person
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it is in the story. But Unlikely to anticipate the ending. 3. In what ways are the characters differentiated from one another? Looking back at the story‚ can you see why Tessie Hutchinson is singled out as the "winner"? A: Ways the characters are different by attitudes and the way their personality’s are. Tessie Hutchinson was singled out because she cheated. What are some examples of irony in this story? For example‚ why might the title‚ "The Lottery‚" or the opening description in paragraph
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it would make the most sense for Old Man Warner‚ as he has lived longer than anyone else in the village (experiencing the lottery for seventy – seven years). The change in the community’s behaviour can be seen in how they brutally stone Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson. Although originally‚ there may have been a sufficient and sensible reasoning for the lottery centuries ago‚ times have changed since the first lottery. As times change‚ people change and sometimes the reasons why traditions exist is lost with
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this ceremony leaves a lot of calls to end this sort of ceremony. Hutchinson displayed a protagonist character‚ which according to the standards of the ceremony is indicative of the notion that celebration suits not the upper quota of leaders in the society instead the lesser ones. When she complained that the process was hurried‚ she is given another chance to repeat the process of picking the slip. On the contrary‚ when his Tessie cries out of unfairness‚ nobody bothers to listen to her and instead
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character‚ and symbolic. All three are easily relatable to. Firstly‚ an example of a unhealable wound in a situational archetype can be found with Mrs. Maloney in “Lamb to the Slaughter.” An example of a scapegoat‚ which is a character archetype‚ is Tessie Hutchinson in “The Lottery” where she is stoned to death. Finally‚ an example of a light/darkness symbolic archetype can be found in “The Sniper” where in this case darkness defeats light. An unhealable wound is a physical or psychological wound that
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thrown at them. As times changed‚ ’The Lottery’ was implemented. On the eighth paragraph of ’The Lottery’‚ the character Tessie Hutchinson‚ comes rushing to the square because she ’clean forgot what day it was’. This shows how easily people can forget things. It also alludes to something terrible when Tessie exclaims ’wouldn’t have me leave m’dishes in the sink’ to her husband. Tessie appears to not take ’The Lottery’ seriously‚ possibly
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of this story is that people will often unquestionably follow tradition and the crowd without ever stopping to think about why they are doing what they are doing. Considering several points can substantiate this thesis of the theme of the story. Tessie comes late to the lottery. When no one else in the entire village has forgotten what day it is‚ she has. Whether she truly forgot or not is debatable‚ yet it is obvious that this set her apart from the other villages‚ and often being different from
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