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    space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality. The communication process is complete once the receiver understands the sender’s message.[citation needed] Communicating with others involves three primary steps: ◦Thought: First‚ information exists in the mind of the sender. This can be a concept‚ idea‚ information‚ or feelings. ◦Encoding: Next‚ a message is sent to a receiver in words or other symbols. ◦Decoding: Lastly‚ the receiver translates

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    Elena Olmedo Professor Schuur Eng. 49 – 81597w 2/20/15 Compare Contrast: “The Lottery” & “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” The striking similarities between‚ “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursela K. Le Guin‚ and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ by far outweigh the differences in the stories; both derive from their presentation of lovely towns with shocking examples of brutal sacrifice. Gradually‚ they illustrate societies that rely on a scapegoat to determine their happiness and prosperity

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    John Harris‚ The Survival Lottery John Harris suggested us that there could happened situations in witch the rational thing to do would be killing a healthy person and take his organs to transplants. We can sacrifice one person to save people. „The Survival Theory” shows two sick people who needs organ transplant for saving their lives. Patient Y needs a heart and patient Z needs lugs. If a recently deceased person were a donor‚ Y and Z can be saved. Y and Z ask: Why don’t we just kill a suitable

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    A high society that gambles with lives My paper argues whether or not the survival lottery saves more lives by just two simple beliefs. Kantian beliefs being the first one which is the belief that it all depends on if the jobs are fulfilled. This agrees with other theories such as the deontic theory that states that you have to uphold your jobs and protect the rights of every single individual no matter if it leads to the worst possible outcome. The second one being Utilitarianism‚ which is the

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    “The Lottery” is a short story written by a woman named Shirley Jackson. The story takes place on the 27th of June in a small nameless town. The lottery is a tradition in this small town and has taken place longer than any of the townspeople can remember. In fact none even remember why there is a lottery‚ but take part in it because there has always been one. Part of this tradition is an old black box. Of course it is not the original box but some in the story say that it was

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    Compare/Contrast on Young Goodman Brown and the Lottery ENGL 102: Literature and Composition Spring D 2013 Crystal Gritton L24706101 APA In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story‚ “Young Goodman Brown”‚ he tells a parable of a Puritan who loses faith in man after he thinks he witnesses his wife and town members perform in a Black Mass. The experience ruins his view of good in people‚ and leaves him feeling distrustful lonely. The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ is a short story about a village that

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    information “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a story that withholds information. The withheld piece of information is what the lottery actually is. The lottery is an annual tradition where the people pick a piece of paper out of a box and the one who picks the piece of paper with a black dot is stoned to death. The author‚ however‚ does not reveal what happens after the papers are picked until the end of the story. The withholding of information makes the reader wonder what the lottery is and this

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    to talk about some of my personal impressions about something that really shocked me at the beginning of the story‚ after reading the Lottery written by American famous female author Sherley Jackson. In the story‚ she depicts a small village in the mountain and the annual antiquated ritual there; every year‚ people are gathered at the square‚ and pick the lottery. It is a ritual for praying; it is not a ritual for praying. From the different word choices and settings Jackson used in the story‚ I

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    The Role of Setting in The Lottery Ticket The various types of setting used in “The Lottery Ticket” contributed to a greater fluency of the story’s plot‚ a push in the character’s action‚ and more importantly revealing the theme of the story. First of all‚ the time of day set in the story provided the two characters‚ Ivan and Masha‚ a more suitable chance to fantasize. Readers can find out in the introduction that the entire event occurred “after supper” (P198)‚ the time of day at which people generally

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    civilization. It helps to pass the beliefs‚ philosophies‚ and customs of societies from generation to generation. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson describes about a tradition of an annual lottery draw‚ participated by the people of a village to insure a bountiful harvest. Usually in lotteries‚ the winners get something special that makes them happy. But in this story‚ the tradition of the lottery is that whoever is the winner is stoned to death to get a good crop on coming harvest time. Though tradition is

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