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    Shirley Jackson wrote “The Lottery” the genre is speculative fiction and starts out giving us the date‚ which was the 27th of June and was clear and sunny day‚ but also had the feel of a really hot summers day. The flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The Story starts off as a normal story but progresses to be very different and unpredictable including the ending. The introduction starts out as making it sound like a normal place but as you keep on reading the story and

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    and directions. Traditions are beliefs that humans pass down to younger humans. The next generations are meant to follow these traditions‚ and it will always be that way. In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ a grim tradition of murder is upheld by the town’s people simply because their ancestors did it. “The Lottery” is a dark story about a small town that continues to practice a bizarre superstition only because it is a tradition. Everyone in the town picks a small piece of paper out of a beaten

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    hallmark of liberal arts education writing Writing Guidelines Statements of Purpose From the OWU Writing Center in the Sagan Academic Resource Center The OWU Writing Center Corns 316 ▪ (740-368-3925) ▪ http://writing.owu.edu ▪ open Monday-Friday‚ 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ohio Wesleyan University Writing Center © 2011 Writing Guidelines for Statements of Purpose Contents Writing Your Statement of Purpose ..............................................................................

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    to and escape from normal‚ everyday life. As we look at the two stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell we will look at the different conflicts that appear‚ the different ways each major character experiences conflict‚ and how these conflicts are eventually resolved. In the short story “The Lottery” a small village of about three-hundred people is depicted. The author describes a quiet friendly little town where everyone knows everyone else’s business

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    Everyone likes to conform to match the norm‚ and will blindly follow if it means that they are part of the group. This conformity is heavily present in ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson‚ and ‘Examination Day’ by Henry Slesar. In both short stories‚ people conform to the traditions and routines that have been dictated to them. In ‘The Lottery’‚ a small town has a tradition of annually sacrificing one of their own‚ who is chosen by a raffle. The winner‚ a woman named Tessie Hutchinson‚ pleads that it

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    How To Find The Purpose Of Life “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful‚ to be honorable‚ to be compassionate‚ to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson What is the point of having a TV with no cable? What is the point of living life‚ if it has no purpose? In order to make life worthwhile and to get the most of it you have to give it purpose. But what is the purpose of life? The purpose of each individual’s life may be different

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    governs the parameter for the characters’ lives‚ actions and behaviours. This can be explained as a character living in a small village might have very different perceptions and points of view compared to a character who lives in a large city. The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ is set in a bucolic American village with a population of approximately three hundred people. The villagers’ lives are less hectic with most the men’s revolve around agriculture or coal mining while the women’s revolve around

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    The Lottery Is a tradition really a tradition if it’s meaningless and hollow? The original purpose of the lottery was to make corn growth heavy‚ but over time it was forgotten‚ and just done for the sake of doing it. At first‚ The lottery was actually for religious purposes‚ and many events followed and preceded it. Then it turned into a hollow tradition nobody really cared about. “The Lottery”‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ turns to a less observed topic‚ and gives us a very good example of what many

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    Winning the lottery would seem like a great thing to almost every human participating in it. In Texas about 20‚000‚000 citizens participate in the lottery every year. Far much larger than a village in “The Lottery” with a population of about 300. Among that 300 are Old Man Warner who is the eldest man in town‚ and Tessie who was the unlucky winner. Although in most lotteries the outcome of winning is usually pretty satisfying. In this narrative‚ Tessie soon learns to never take anything in life

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    analytical essay? 1. intro - intro sentence -concise summary of "lottery story": "wh" = answer all these for sure- when‚ where‚ what‚ who ‚ how kids (including dany h) villagers officials warner adams tessie symbolic objects a tale with a dark message‚ with a dire warning‚ strange story of a parable with a relevant‚ timeless story. identify the story‚ author and a brief‚ phrased description of the story itself. ^intro sentence thesis sentence - all these groups

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