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    The word “education”….What does this word mean to me? Education is one of the things that make the human the dominant form of life on the planet Earth. Education was created by human‚ but after many years it turned into “an independent form of life”. This “independent form of life” is the main guiding light for the human race in the today’s world of darkness. Education gives the human race the chance to overcome the obstacles that appear on its way in today’s world. If the education did not exist

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    Meghan Harrington Mr. Ott Character Trait 11th Oct. 2012 The character of Montresor in‚ “The Cask of Amontillado” is one who can only be defined with words along the lines of evil‚ or wicked. He vows to avenge the bold and childish Fortunato‚ whom Montresor swears did him wrong. Montresor could be described with many bold words‚ one being guilty. Though he is guilty‚ he is determined not to get caught. For instance‚ Montresor declares‚ “I must not only punish‚ but punish with impunity” (Poe‚

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    In paragraph 1‚ readers are told that Victor lives on a reservation. What details elsewhere in the story establish this setting? What associations does this setting have for you? Do you think the story could take place anywhere else? -The other details that establish this setting is when they say‚ "So Victor called the tribal council." This association sets an understanding of how things work in a reservation. I do believe the story could have taken place in any other reservation. In addition to

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    black box to keep the folded papers together when the lottery starts‚ one folded paper with large black dot on‚ a stool to put the large black box on‚ and piles of stone. Remember the ritual might vary slightly from other communities‚ but the ritual is an important part of our society’s history and its present. In our society‚ a lottery will be held every year‚ on July 27th at noon‚ since there are only 300 people; it is possible to finish the lottery before the late lunch. The ritual of the society is

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    Symbolism In The Lottery

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    “The Lottery” is about a village that came together on June 27th for the lottery. The lottery is a gathering of all the families that stay in a village that resulted in one individual getting stoned to death. “The Lottery” has many themes. Looking at “The Lottery” the black box and stones‚ rules and families’ bond‚ and characters in it explained how their symbolism transformed the story from a random collection of events to a story about people’s willingness to sacrifice other people to follow traditions

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    Shirley Jackson’s‚ “The Lottery”‚ clearly expresses her feelings concerning traditional rituals through her story. It opens the eyes of readers to properly classify and question some of today’s traditions as cruel‚ and allows room to foretell the outcome of these unusual traditions. “The Lottery” is a short story that records the annual sacrifice ceremony of a fictional small town. It is a detailed narrative of the selection of the person to be sacrificed‚ a

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    the short story “The Lottery” also written by Shirley Jackson. This story is about a village that is subject to around 300 villagers that have a certain tradition which is a special type of “lottery” that happens every year; the “winner” is to be stoned to death by their fellow neighbours. Jackson also stresses the importance of human nature‚ which is that humans are conditioned to do what is taught since birth. Jackson also uses Ritualistic features that are not just the lottery itself but actions

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    JD Hatefi April 10‚ 2014 Essay 3; Arguable Essay Lottery: Winning is Losing Imagine a world where spending a dollar gives you millions in return. For the rest of your life you live comfortably because you took change out of your pocket. Everyone would right? That sort of ideal is exactly what makes the lottery one of the biggest grossing businesses to date. People from all around America spend a dollar on lottery tickets to hopefully win the jackpot of $656 million. Whether rich or poor‚ the

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    Irony In 'The Lottery'

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    The title‚ “The Lottery” is ironic for this story because during a lottery a person usually wins a prize. Wining a lottery is normally considered positive. When someone wins a lottery‚ that person is thrilled and extremely happy. Although in the story wining the lottery is not a positive thing because the person that wins the lottery would face a painful death. The only thing that the winner of the lottery would get is pain and grief‚ as the villagers would hit her with stones. The description in

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    ENC 1102-021 Critical Analysis Paper Symbolism: Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” In Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” she used symbolism to display the corrupt nature in tradition‚ show how people fight change‚ and view tradition. Each year on June 27 the community comes together to select the winner of the lottery who they will then stone to death. Jackson begins the story in such a realistic way to that this lottery could have taken place anywhere in America but doesn’t give the exact

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