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    Customs and beliefs that are transmitted through different generation. In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson ‚ the author show us the tradition takes influence in the actions of the villagers. The villagers have no reason in keeping the black box . “Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box‚ but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box” (397).They have so much pride with the black box and want to keep the same appearance. Their beliefs

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    The town people show their strong loyalty on tradition manifest itself in “The Lottery”. The plot of this story is simple but thought-provoking. In a clear and sunny summer morning‚ the people of a village began to gather in a square to attend a traditional activity‚ the lottery. Mr. Summer is the host of the activity‚ Mr. Graves is the postmaster and Old Man Warner as a reminder of it. Everyone has to attend it and has an equal chance to be the “lucky” one and then this one will be stoned to death

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    Chapter 4 Reading Questions: Why is so little known about the Harappan society? What is it that we do know about the nature of that society? Because the earliest Harappan remains are below the water table‚ archaeologists can’t research them. Also the Harappans used an elaborate pictographic system that has not yet been able to be deciphered. We do however‚ that it had city walls‚ a fortified citadel‚ and a large granary-Harappa and Mohenjo-daro represented an investment of human labor and established

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    Christmas is known to last one day. Traditions are different in every country and are followed differently. Sometimes they are followed blindly. However‚ Shirley Jackson‚ in “The Lottery” believes that people should not follow traditions blindly. First‚ traditions in Iran are followed by some people due to the different types of religions. Some traditions in Iran are extremely different from the tradition in “The Lottery.” “The Lottery” differs from Iran tradition Ramadan because Ramadan allows people

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    Rituals and traditions can define a society. Old ways of thinking and cultural traditions are embedded into every society and can have a drastic impact on the way of life within those cultures. In Shirley Jackson’s‚ "The Lottery‚" Jackson depicts a tradition on which life was founded on within a culture. In this particular society‚ a dominant ritual‚ passed down throughout many generations‚ continues to be the driving force of actions within the society. This lottery consists of an annual ritual

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    UKRAINIAN WAY OF LIFE AND UKRAINIAN TRADITIONS. DISCUSS WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE TRADITIONS OF YOUR MOTHERLAND. “A people without the knowledge of their past history‚ origin and culture is like a tree without roots” – Marcus Garvey Why the people in different corners of the Earth

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    Religious Tradition Sheila Risner REL/133 November 29‚ 2010 Matthew Morrison Religious Tradition Religion comes in many forms. What one sect of people believe‚ will find another believes something totally opposite. There are so many religious rituals and beliefs that is hard for anyone to comprehend all the traditions and worship. The human race is always striving to find a sense of peace and harmony‚ and are searching for what will give them that feeling and understanding. The Oxford English

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    the southern plantation tradition is made clear throughout Jubilee in the way that she debunks the negative tropes placed on the shoulders of African Americans by the nostalgic white writers of the South; Walker also incorporates her knowledge of black oral tradition by way of small snippets of text on every page which marks the start of a new chapter in the text. The first section of Jubilee covers the antebellum years‚ before the Civil War ripped

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    Love and tradition in “Marriage is a Private Affair” Marriage traditions vary greatly throughout the world. In some cultures‚ people’s marriages are traditionally arranged by their parents. In others cultures‚ the partners make their own choice. This diversity in tradition causes many conflicts within the family as well as in the culture group. A great example of marriage and its importance to different cultures is the story by Chinua Achebe‚ “Marriage is a Private Affair.” The story

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    Book Assessment – Campus Traditions Essay In Simon Bronner’s Campus Traditions‚ the folkloric contributions of the primal scream‚ school rivalries‚ and graduation traditions are detailed as means for students to cope with a specific anxiety or stress to keep them sane in the world of college life. The primal scream is one example of a major contribution to folkloric activity as it addresses the stress of final exams and academics. During final exams students are put under heavy workloads accompanied

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