the cones under his pines‚ I tell him.” (lines 23-26). The speaker sees no purpose for the fence since it is only separating the trees. Likewise‚ in “The Lottery” there is a lot of uneasiness throughout the town leading up to the stoning of Tessie Hutchinson. In the beginning of “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson writes about the children ‚ “ School was recently over for the summer‚ and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them; they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they
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sacrifice is a collective act of murder because people force another person to sacrifice his life innocently for their own interests. As described in the novel‚ “Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now and she held her hands out desperately”‚ from which we can see that selfish villagers are murdering Tessie Hutchinson actively. So the lottery is a collective act of murder. It is not morally justified because the person who will be stoned to death is not voluntary
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of assault and battery. Anonymous The Cruelty of the Villagers(Tanka) I saw her fall dead With stones raining upon her No one tried to stop Grateful their names were not drawn None were saddened by this loss. Anonymous Ode to Tessie Hutchinson When I think of her‚ my heart aches As though hemlock I have drunk The very memory of her death makes Me lose all my spunk Her death was a sad one Lynched by even our four year old son No mercy she was shown All for tradition’s sake
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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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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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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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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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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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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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