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    serious duty to their families‚ hunting illegally and putting their names tens of times into the Hunger Games raffle. I felt that the raffle was ridiculously barbaric‚ and reminded me of a short story that we read in English last year‚ called “the Lottery”. Anyway‚ reading the part when Katniss

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    Springfield College School of Human Services Pre-Class Assignment Communications Skills 2 The Lottery By Bobby Sampson 2/2/13 The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is the story of a village following a tradition that results in the sacrifice of one citizen each year by stoning. The author Shirley Jackson shows the reader how following the unknown may result into sorrowful actions if one is too apprehensive to ask questions. Although the villagers do not know why they follow the tradition they

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    Christine Syms Ellen Perry ENG 113 12 April 2013 Sacrifice Complex: A Critical Analysis of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Since the dawn of civilization‚ human beings have participated in acts of sacrifice. In ancient cultures these sacrifices came in a physical form‚ usually in the form of blood. The fuel behind these acts of hostility and violence performed by these ancient cultures was simply an effort to satisfy their god or gods and gain their favor to ensure the fertility of the

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    Thuan Nguyen Dr. Robert Janusko English II 2/17/13 A Rose for Emily & The Lottery Many short stories use a technique where they conceal the ending of the story while preparing the reader for the ending. In order to do that‚ the author uses methods of point of view and foreshadowing. In “A rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner and “The Lottery “written by Shirley Jackson‚ the authors use both methods. The point of view used by William Faulkner in “A Rose for Emily” is in 1st person

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    the theme? If you win the lottery‚ you would expect to become a millionaire. Instead‚ you got stoned to death. In her contemporary short story‚ “The Lottery‚” the author‚ Shirley Jackson uses the external conflict of blindly following rituals to demonstrate the danger of the following tradition blindly and the cruel nature of the characters. To exemplify the first point‚ I say that the lottery serves as the symbol of conservatism. In the story‚ the tradition of the lottery is passed down from generation

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    building was destroyed (Achebe 11). All the actions depicted here were desperate moves to save and conserve the culture‚ the main identity. In Jackson’s texts‚ “The Lottery”‚ there was a situation that was observed during the whole story. It was the lottery. Meanwhile‚ there were dances‚ Halloween program and teens clubs in lottery. The lottery was conducted by Mr. Summer. There was black box at the square dance placed on stool and Mr. Summer suggested citizens to make a new one. However people hesitated

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    Michelle Chester Professor Spanner LTCA December 26‚ 2012 Argumentative Essay Singled Out Your image or the color of your skin can put you at a disadvantage in some urban communities in New York City. It’s called profiling or the alternative name “stop and frisk”. Many minority youths in urban communities at times cannot walked the street freely without being singled out by a police officer‚ on what they call probable cause which initially is them just using their own judgment. Young people

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    One of these stories is called “The Lottery” which is about a village where they perform extremely outdated and unethical traditions where whoever wins ‘the lottery’ will be stoned to death. Everybody has to participate and it is such an old tradition that bystanders have accepted the culture so deeply into their lives that they will not object or act against ‘the lottery’.

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    I’m going to talk about if I won the lottery. In the first place‚ If I won the lottery‚ I would study and improve my English to an excellent level. After that‚ I would like to travel all over the world and choose some interesting places such as Venice‚ New York ‚Japan‚ or New Zealand‚ to live there two or three years. Those are my favourite places. Living in those places would give the change to make many friends. On the other hand‚ when I get old‚ I would go back to my country and I would purchase

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    looked down upon and feels as though she belongs in the upper level of society. June 27 in "The Lottery” paints a scenario of a beautiful summer day where “the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green” (Jackson). There are square dances‚ Halloween programs‚ and the teen club by Mr. Summers who

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