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    life for others. The time period where “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” takes place‚ women did not have much for them. They could grow up to be a wife/mother but that’s about it. Not much else for women to do with themselves. The story‚ Beloved‚ takes place right after slavery‚ where people were very cautious around people’s past. It was not talked about‚ due to the horrific event‚ which causes a big problem in the story. Both‚ Mabel Pervin‚ from “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” by D.H. Lawrence‚ and Sethe

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    “The Destructors” by Graham Greene’s and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence’s are different story’s that show the effects among children caused by their Social Status 1. The introduction A. The geographical settings for both stories B. The negative effects on children 2. The introspection of “The Rocking-Horse Winner” A. Mother’s inability to love B. Paul’s premonitions 3. The

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    23075483 MLA Format Debernardi 2 Romain DEBERNARDI Doctor Yaw ENGL 102 10 September 2011 In this paper‚ we are going to carry out a reflexion about the characters in two stories : “The Destructors‚“ by Graham Greene and “The Lottery‚“ by Shirley Jackson. We are going to identify the main characters and point out their qualities‚ emotions‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors. In this way‚ we will compare the two stories based upon their characters. Leading or Following the Group Paper

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    If I Won the Lottery

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    What I Would Do If I Won the Lottery WoooHoooo! I won! I won! Just hearing about winning the lottery sounds great‚ even better if it actually happened! I wouldn’t even know where to begin. I would think I would have to share at least some of it. I also wouldn’t spend all of it. I wouldn’t even know where to begin. I would definitely go on a shopping spree. Just the thought of buying anything I want sounds great! A whole new wardrobe. Also I would travel during vacations from school. Mexico

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    Critical Analysis of "The Rocking-Horse Winner" In the short story "The Rocking Horse-Winner" by D. H. Lawrence it is illustrated that money cannot buy happiness. The short story displays the way people allow money to control their lives. The passage includes the literary devices; character development‚ contrast‚ suspense and dramatic irony. "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is written giving the omniscient point of view. The thoughts and motives of all of the characters are told when D. H. Lawrence finds

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    Enculturation is a groups norms and there culture. Learning to adapt to other culture and‚ the cultures around you. In the movie the lottery they use enculturation many ways. In the first part of the film the kids were running around collecting rocks. Rocks of all sizes and putting them into a pile. The kids are doing this like It’s a game. They are having fun while doing it and other people around are standing there watching them. They are having a normal day. While random people names are called

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    armed conflict is on the commander(s) for ordering or encouraging soldiers to kill innocent people. People in The Lottery are like soldiers blindly following a rule that ends up taking innocent lives. Winning the lottery does not in tale a trip to a nice place but it’s a responsibility. This is an analogy to the war because any soldier who enters an army is as if he was entering the lottery. As the villagers in the story ignore Tessie’s protest‚ they begin to select the stones they are going to use against

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    they understand what we had to go through? Or maybe they just don’t care. My mother was brutally murdered two years ago by the Lottery. When she opened her paper and the dot was there my heart had dropped. It was only the two of us. My mom was the only family I had. My father had passed away ten years ago when I was six ‚and I don’t

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    The Lottery Theme Essay

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    The short story “The Lottery” was very creative and eventful‚ that by the end of the story leaves you wanting more. Throughout the entire short story‚ it has a lot of key underlining themes that help the reader understand who they are and what type of society they live in. Some of those major themes in the story consist of the danger of blindly following tradition‚ the randomness of persecution‚ brutality/savagery‚ the idea of a scapegoat. Each of these in there own way help shape the story into

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