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    Fair and Lovely

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    Survey Questionnaire Topic: Social impact of marketing campaign of “Fair and Lovely” Purpose: This research is being conducted for the social impact of marketing campaign of fair & lovely. Your feedback will have significant impact on the overall findings and will be count as confidential. All the information provided by you will also be used only for the academic purpose. ------------------------------------------------- Your Age: ………………… Gender: Male

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    ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson is a short story that uses plot. characterisation and suspense to develop several themes. In doing so Jackson deepens our understanding of people and the nature of society. The story begins in a growing village which holds an annual lottery‚ but instead of being rewarded the person who receives the marked paper gets stoned to death.

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    The Career Fair

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    Chiderah Onyeukwu Mr. James Jones CPSC 291 001 8 March 2014 Career Fair Report The Career Fair was a great experience for me‚ especially because I had never been to one before. Overall‚ I met with about six to seven organizations. I could see myself working for some while not for others. In my opinion‚ half of the companies I spoke to were viable options for me down the line. Because my major is Computer Information Systems‚ I was mainly interested with internships and jobs that have to do with

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    what she got while I was gone. It was really annoying and unfair‚ I was outraged. I’ve learned that life isn’t always fair. I went away on a school field trip to camp tamarack for 3 days in fifth grade. In those three days Sam got ice cream and donuts. Sam kept rubbing it in when I got home. That is when I went to my mom and said “that’s not fair.” My mom said “ well not everything is fair.” And I kind of learned but was still furious and didn’t realize that she was trying to teach me a lesson

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    Central Idea: “The Lottery” In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ Mrs. Jackson tells a story about any small town U.S.A. where they follow through with their traditions‚ no matter how bizarre they can be. In this town‚ every June 27th their town gets together and hosts “The Lottery” where there is one winner (or in this case the loser.) At the beginning‚ all the children are wandering around the town picking up rocks and creating piles in the square. Over time‚ the whole town begins to gather

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    “You didn’t give him time enough to choose!” yells Tessie. “It wasn’t fair!” Many of the characters from the short story‚ The Lottery‚ do not agree with this tradition to throw stones a. In fact‚ many of the characters show more than one opinion on this matter once they learn of the winner. One example of a two-sided character is when Tessie starts protesting against the crowd when her husband‚ Bill‚ “wins” the lottery. She shouts “You didn’t give him time enough to choose”‚ and “everyone

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    book Fair

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    BOOK FAIR- 2012 WHEN E-BOOKS MEET THE MANGO PEOPLE… It was a fine sunny morning when I with my bunch of my classmates went to the 18th annual Delhi book fair on 6th September 2012 at Pragati Maidan. It was a nine-day affair featuring discussions on proliferation of e-books and interaction with authors‚ apart from availability of vast number of books on divergent genres. We were supposed to report for a radio show as per our curriculum and were told to reach Pragati Maidan at 10 in morning. Getting

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    Slips of Fate In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ the author uses irony to expand on a theme of traditions that continue although they are ludicrous and barbaric. “Like a lamb to slaughter” comes to mind for both the characters in this story and the reader. The characters are honoring a tradition that is handed down to them from former generations. The reader is led through the seemingly normal and quaint little village‚ and is taken on a ride of ironic

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    Fair is foul

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    examples show how the witches represented appearance vs. reality. The weird sisters were the instigators of the play; their wicked lies pushed Macbeth to commit the horrific deeds that he did. The witches really showed the meaning of “Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair” Lady Macbeth and Macbeth were not the people who they were leading on to be. Lady Macbeth was expected to be a sweet and innocent woman. A woman who couldn’t handle the truth‚ she was thought by others to be week and a peaceful woman

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    Humanity in “The Lottery” In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” there are many themes to pick up on‚ however the one that seems to be the most important is the theme of humanity. In this short story many things burst out at the reader but the theme of humanity is one that the reader must be looking for. The loss of humanity is apparent in the story because of the activities they are acting upon‚ their feelings of others‚ and the connation in which they speak. First and forth most‚ the lottery in which

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