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    1 About The Lottery The Lottery is written by Shirley Jackson‚ published in 1948‚ published by The New Yorker magazine. The story is fictional and so is the lottery. The plot of this story is the reflection of the society after World war II. The lottery happen every year on June 27th. The lottery was a teradion in the town. In the small town of about three hundred people is farming community.At the town square right in between the post office and the bank the lottery would take place. The families

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    Shirley Jackson’s fictitious story entitled “The Lottery” is an allegorical examination into the underpinnings of societal rituals and traditions as well as how these rituals affect both social and political cultures. Although Jackson presents her literary work as a somewhat simplistic story about a village that holds an annual lottery every summer‚ the themes governing the story’s plot and underpinnings delve into a deeper analysis regarding the effects and consequences of a political oligarchy

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    11/3/2012 The Lottery Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" is a story of a small town whose citizens are required to participate in a yearly "lottery". The reader soon finds‚ however‚ that unlike most lotteries this is not a lottery that you hope to win. Although it is not fairly clear who the main character of "The Lottery" is we learn that Tessie Hutchinson ends up being the dynamic character of the story. When she finds out that her husband‚ Bill Hutchinson‚ is the winner of this lottery she begins

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    just concluded. Husbands came and talked about taxes and wives gossiped about the town. In some towns‚ the Lottery could take two days‚ but in this town‚ there were no more than 100 residents and the Lottery only took two hours. If the Lottery began at 10 a.m.‚ families could be home for their noonday meals. Each year‚ the concept of creating a new box from which to draw the Lottery tickets from is brought up‚ but nothing ever comes of it. The current box is said to have been made with splinters

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    Written by Shirley Jackson‚ The Lottery focuses on the cruelty of man in its most raw state- the sacrifice of an innocent human being at the hands of the people with whom that person lives with. Written in 1948‚ this short story was published by Jackson in New York‚ where the audience of this story reviewed it ferociously‚ claiming that it was the most absurd story they have read. No one understood the message Jackson wished to convey across to the reader. However‚ looking deep‚ we find that there

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    There are many ways that a reader can be prepared for the ending of a story‚ “The Lottery” and “A Rose for Emily” are two very grueling short stories with a long suspense and a similar plot. The narrator’s stance in “A Rose for Emily” was first-person observer‚ which is defined as a single character point of view in which the narrator was is not involved with the story and the narrator’s stance in “The Lottery” was third-person anonymous which is involves a narrator that does not enter any minds

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    I am writing my essay on “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. There are several themes that run through this classic short story. One would be the long standing traditions. The mysterious lottery is one example. Villagers continue the lottery year after year because‚ as one of the villagers would say‚ “We have always had a lottery as far back as I can remember. I see no reason to end it.” The black box that contains each citizen’s name is another example. Another theme would be that of man’s cruelty

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    Published in 1948‚ The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson has become well known by the tradition of the village. Tradition plays a key role throughout the lives of the villagers. The title of this short story “ The Lottery” may lead one to believe that something good is to come but later as you read on‚ you will realize that this is not the case. By the unjust persecution of innocent individuals‚ Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” portrays the dangers of blindly following tradition

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    Compare and Contrast: The Hunger Games vs. “The Lottery” The Hunger Games and “The Lottery” are two different stories that have similarities and differences. Depending on the plots and story lines of both they might have more similarities than differences or more differences than similarities. Breaking it up into three different topics is very helpful when comparing and contrasting these two stories. There are three aspects that are going to be covered. Aspect one is a comparison between both of

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    Synopsis This case deals about the three supervisor‚ working in a three different shifts in a small manufacturing company and their leadership behaviors which effects to their follower performances. Issues: • Workers of first shift are demotivated as they think there work is pretty much repetitive and monotonous. • Second shift is suffering from high rate of absenteeism and turnover. • Upper management is not solving the problem of second shift that they are facing on their

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