After watching the “Lottery”‚ I was extremely in awe of how people treat charter schools. I myself never had the opportunity to attend a charter school‚ but I do never thought people felt so strong about them. The PTA were against a school system that could help better educate their children. Looking at the way the parents reacted was heart breaking. I would think‚ that these parents would want their children to receive the best education that they can get‚ regardless of what the school is‚ but that
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1. Should hospitals run lotteries to create revenue for their budgets? Why OR why not? Provide reasons. In my opinion‚ hospitals should run lotteries to create revenue for their budgets‚ Many hospitals today are lacking the required space for patients and staff. There are outdated machines still being used and the shortage of staff prevents the medical industry from delivering adequite health care. It would be beneficial for the hospitals to run lotteries. I will support this point of view by
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Response #2 “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “Eveline” by James Joyce were the pieces that appealed to me the most. This could be because they were the first two stories that I read and by the time I got to the poems my attention span was dwindling away or because both stories have similar writing approaches. I can’t figure that out. I found “The Lottery” to be very eerie and disturbing. After I read it‚ I pictured M. Night Shyamalan making a creepy‚ dramatic film based on it. I think it’d
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Slips of Fate In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ the author uses irony to expand on a theme of traditions that continue although they are ludicrous and barbaric. “Like a lamb to slaughter” comes to mind for both the characters in this story and the reader. The characters are honoring a tradition that is handed down to them from former generations. The reader is led through the seemingly normal and quaint little village‚ and is taken on a ride of ironic
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Betrayal is the first similarity between the two stories‚ “The Veldt” & “The Lottery”‚ this is since both stories have characters that have betrayed their own people. The Veldt & the Lottery have their differences and similarities throughout the story. In the Veldt‚ the children have betrayed their own parents‚ while in “the Lottery” Tessie Hutchinson’s supposed “friends” wanted to stone her to death over a lottery ticket. The children and the villagers betrayed their own kind because they wanted
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A tradition can be the best thing ever or a horrible thing. People all over the world have tradition‚ even you. Nevertheless‚ in the Lottery‚ the village has a tradition that they do every year. Their tradition is killing one person per year. The village thinks that by killing one person would give them more corn to survive. The gathering starts on June 26th and finishes on the 27th.The village gathers by the square.The square is between the post office and the bank. When everyone is there‚ the
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there was a short story published in The New Yorker Magazine By Shirly Jackson. called The Lottery. The Lottery is a fiction story. On June 27‚ it was a clear sunny morning. It is 10am and the village. They gathered for the lottery. There was only 300 people in the town gathering. The lottery takes place at town square by the bank and the post office. The village is big into farming. At 10 o’clock the lottery starts. The head of the household draws by name in alphabetical order. All of the Men open
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Is winning always a win? will not this time. “The Lottery” takes place in a small village that has a weird way of doing things. Many people call this village there home but two of the residents stand out to me. Mr. Summers and Old man Warner were both men that supported the lottery. Mr. Summers was a man of many talents he was always working anything he could gets his hands on. With no kids and a wife that he would rather stay away from because of her attitude he has plenty of time for any
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Trapped in Traditions In the short story‚ The Lottery by shirley Jackson‚ blind tration and resistance to change are explored through the story. Presented to anyone who might find themselves in the similar situation that the main character of The Lottery‚ Tessie Hutchinson found herself in. The invisible pressure that is enforced by society to act a certain way‚ and follow certain traditions is one of the main themes of this story. More importantly though‚ this story also encourages individuals
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When you think of a lottery you really think of money and happiness. Technically speaking‚ on September 13‚ 2004 Tessie Hutchinson was killed after being stoned to death in Charlestone‚ New York. On the 13th the townspeople & other residents gathered around for their annual “Lottery”. Mr. Summers who runs the lottery made sure that everyone was there and everyone was going to get a card. But this was no ordinary lottery‚ when you grabbed your card and you did not had a black-dot on it you were
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