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    Symbolism in the Lottery

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    “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson uses symbolism in “The Lottery” to show the importance of remaining faithful to tradition and the unknown consequences that seem to occur when citizens lose touch with their village’s rituals. The idea of a yearly lottery in this small village is a very important ritual that has been passed down for such a long time‚ so long that nobody knows why it was started or why it is necessary to keep following through with it. The old black box that is used in the lottery to

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    Analysis: The Lottery

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    Conversely‚ how does Jackson lull us into thinking that this is just an ordinary story with an ordinary town? A: I was quite shocked by the ending of the story‚ mainly because I did not know exactly what the people of the village were competing in the lottery for. I was not sure if the win was for money‚ better jobs in the neibourhood‚ higher status. Never did it cross my mind that they would be drawing slips to see who would get stoned to death. I started to suspect that the “win” was not for a good prize

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    The Lottery Monster

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    Please read the case study entitled Lottery that you find in the reading assignment. Based on what you have learned in this unit‚ answer the following questions: How is the lottery an example of the utilitarian monster? Let’s look at the definition of “utilitarian monster” in the textbook‚ “an individual capable of feeling disproportionately high sensations of pleasure and happiness‚ one who consequently requires many others to sacrifice their happiness in the name of maximizing net happiness” (p

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    Marxist: the Lottery

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    David Budnick Mrs. Sarnoski English 12 Honors 14 December 2012 “The Lottery” Through the Eyes of a Marxist/Feminist Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is about a town in which a little black box controls whether or not a person may live or be killed. The lack of dominant female characters illustrates the assumption that women are often seen as inferior to men. Interesting developments of the plot and theme make it obvious to the reader how women are portrayed in the story. This short story shows

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    Symbols In The Lottery

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    Symbolism In “The Lottery” Everyone in the world has or will experience the death of best friends or loved ones. No matter what anyone does‚ they can’t overpower death. Our world is full of it‚ whether it is natural death‚ killing‚ or even suicide‚ and the town in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is not any different. In this short story one person is brutally murdered every year just so they possibly will have a good harvest. The Villagers pull slips from a black box and the one that picks the

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    The Lottery Review

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    the square for the town lottery. Village children run around collecting stones and making a pile of them in the square. The men arrive next‚ followed by the women. Parents call their children over and families stand together. Mr. Summers is the man in charge of the lottery. He arrives in the square with the black box‚ followed by Mr. Graves‚ the postmaster. Mr. Summers mixes up the slips of paper in the box. He and Mr. Graves made the papers the night before; before the lottery can begin a list is made

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    Sacrifice In The Lottery

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    arrogation‚ executed for a religious purpose‚ a cult‚ or as a ritual to please their gods in which they believe in. In the story‚ The Lottery by Shirley Jackson she introduces us to a luck-of-the-draw conformity among the villagers in the story. Jackson’s reveals that humans commit barbaric genocides by the peer pressure and be subsequent to tradition. The lottery is held in June during the beautiful summer in order to please the gods to allow bountiful harvest; therefore‚ one pure innocent human

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    Myall Creek Massacre

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    When The Myall creek massacre happened on 10 June 1838. Why The Myall creek massacre took place because that aboriginals retaliated against the whites for taking their land‚ and the aboriginals killed the white’s livestock. The whites were annoyed so they would kill the aboriginals. Where The Myall creek massacre took place at Myall creek‚ northern NSW near Bingara. Results The result of the Myall creek massacre was that 28 aboriginals were killed in the massacre. 7 of the 12 people

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    The Lottery Symbolism

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    Motifs are an important element to develop themes in stories. The magic behind motifs is that depending on how the author uses it they can help develop different themes in different ways. As seen in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor‚ where three different authors use death that can be interpreted to develop different themes. In “The Cask of Amontillado” the theme revenge can be perceived with Montresor’s

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    Woman Hollering Creek

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    Woman Hollering Creek “Woman Hollering Creek” is the title story of a book of short stories written by Sandra Cisneros in 1991. Each story in the book deals with women’s dreams‚ aspiration‚ disappointment and realities. Some stories deal with these issues when the women are young girls‚ some when they are adolescent and some as adults. The main character in “Woman Hollering Creek” is a young bride that quickly learns that what she has seen on TV and read in magazines is not the reality of her

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