distressing world of the camp and the bomb” (The Lottery 144). Shirley’s story is about a town of a few hundred residents who join every year to be a part of the lottery. It then hits two stages of the drawing and Tessie Hutchinson “wins”. Now that she won‚ she is stoned to death by her people. Even her own family allowed this to happen! This discourteous distress in this twist was horrifying that anyone could just kill someone because‚ they won the lottery. When people read Jackson’s story‚ the readers
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Journal Entry Number 1‚ It wasn’t until we arrived at the funeral that it finally sank in. The emotions hit me like a tractor-trailer hitting a squirrel on the highway. The stabbing pain in my heart and the cloudiness of my vision caused by tears just made me weep harder. I observed my mom standing by the casket‚ looking at your lifeless body‚ staring into eternity. She appeared there physically‚ but you could tell her mind raced elsewhere as an unsettling darkness nestled in her eyes. At the
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Journal Entry #3 The climax of the novel is when Curley and Lennie fight ending with Curley getting a broken hand. A major conflict was Curley and Lennie since Curley hates big guys and is always looking to fight them. It was solved when Lennie broke Curley’s hand but the problem recurred when Lennie killed Curley’s wife. A minor conflict is when Lennie killed his puppy and tried to hide it from George until Curley’s wife started to talk to him. That is also a major thing that helped resolve
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Literary Terms Vocabulary: Irony Irony A contrast between expectation and reality. It can be: • tragic • profound • funny There are three types or irony: 1. verbal 2. situational 3. dramatic Verbal Irony When we say the opposite of what we mean. e.g.‚ When a mother walks into a room and sees that her children‚ instead of doing their homework‚ are playing video games‚ she gives them a stern look and says "Once you’re done with your very important work there‚ let’s take some time
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Wednesday 31st January 2007 I approached the first session with a degree of trepidation; a considerable time has elapsed since achieving Stage 1‚ during the autumn term of 2003. So when the first part which drew out peoples experiences from the most recent stage 1 I felt initially would not include mine. However‚ upon listening to the negative and positive experiences and feeling of others‚ I did recall some commonality with my experiences several years ago. It was good opportunity for people
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two gruesome short stories titled‚ “the Lottery” and “the Possibility of Evil”. Both stories are known for their shocking turn of events and internal messages about humanity itself. Shirley Jackson has a very unique style of writing using different forms of literary devices. There are many similarities in these short stories and also many differences that contribute to the devices Shirley used in both; such as mood‚ foreshadowing‚ and imagery. A literary device that seems most distinct in her stories
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Round character: George is a round character because he achieves a change in the plot as it goes. In comparison to Lennie‚ for instance‚ he is able to realize that he has hurt Lennie in the past and feels Imagery: Theme: The theme is the importance of friendship and how rich and poor people have same dreams all over the world Irony: Lennie’s last name is small. Lennie is a big‚ strong‚ powerful worker who doesn’t use his physicality to harm people (on purpose). Symbols: The pool by the river
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hidden behind its literal or visible meaning. -This word origins in Middle English allegorie‚ from Latin allegoria‚ from Greek allegoria‚ from allegorein to speak figuratively‚ from allos ‘other’ + egorein ‘to speak publicly’. -A short example of this literary device can be the poem ‘Epigram’ by Langston Hughes: Oh‚ God of dust and rainbow‚ help us see That without dust the rainbow would not be. in which ‘dust’ and ‘rainbow’ stand for something else rather than their superficial meaning
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The Literary Point of View Theme Essay Word Choice Literary Devices Author Comparison/Contrast: Assignment: For Your Information: Comparison/Contrast - The process of examining two or more things in order to establish their similarities and differences. After reading two selections‚ you will write a comparison/contrast essay using the guidelines provided in this packet. 1. Any relationship between two or more things will involve some degree of SIMILARITY‚ as well as some degree
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Reflective Journal 1 The third week in PD1 class‚ it was normally has few activities have to proceed. Lecturer discussed 2 cases about the millions of dollars and thousands of hours can be wasted as a consequence caused by failed in problem definition and wrong solution (Fogler & LeBlanc‚ 2008‚ p.2). Forming a team was the activity afterward‚ 30 students in class grouped into 6 teams and we are formed in accordance with the role quiz. As Tyson said‚ “Groups come into existence
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