What I feel after reading the Lottery Shirley Jackson’s lottery is really an interesting and unique story indeed and it is unlike any other boring literary stuff I read. In fact‚ I think it is the best story I have ever read so far. It not only has a strong and clear story setting but also has an intrigued plot. All of the characters and objects in the story have their distinctive meanings and characteristics. For example‚ Mr. Summer plays the role as the innovator because he suggested replacing
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Shirley Jackson’s‚ The Lottery‚ has raised questions in the back of every reader’s mind towards the destructive yet blind rituals of mankind. A reflection of ourselves is what we see when looking through the pond of Jackson’s mind. The Lottery clearly expressed Jackson’s feelings concerning traditional rituals through her story‚ opened the eyes of its readers to properly classify and question some of today’s traditions as cruel‚ and allowed room to foretell the outcome
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The title of the story "The Lottery‚” by Shirley Jackson is ironic. By only reading the title of this story the reader would assume that someone is going to win something good. But‚ the opposite of that is actually the true part‚ because the author‚ Shirley Jackson Makes it seems like it is just another one of those regular days in the village. But it is not. One way that Shirley Jackson proves that some of her story is written with irony is what kind of traditions they have. They make traditions
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“The Lottery” is a story written by Shirley Jackson in 1948 and tells the story of a town that takes part in a barbaric ritual every year on June 27th. There are several themes in this short story. The main themes in “The Lottery” are our aversion to examine and challenge outdated ideas and rituals‚ that society will pick scapegoats to carry its wrongs and the horrors in following the crowd. The townspeople in “The Lottery” blindly go along with an appalling custom having lost the reason behind
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Although Shirley Jackson wrote many books‚ children’s stories and humorous pieces‚ she is most remembered for her story "The Lottery." In "The Lottery" Jackson portrays the average citizens of an average village taking part in an annual sacrifice of one of their own residents. When the story was published in the New Yorker magazine in 1948‚ reader response was tremendous. People were horrified by the story and wrote to express their disgust that a tale containing a pointless‚ arbitrary‚ violent sacrifice
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“The Lottery” would pose as a lens into human society. Analyzing the short story would allow the martians to make inferences about the human person‚ human community life‚ and human traditions. When reading this story‚ the martians will have an insight on the human person such as the spectra of human emotion and their attire. The Lottery addresses different parts of the human emotion including happiness‚ humor‚ loyalty‚ disloyalty‚ nervousness‚ and fear. The beginning of the story starts off in
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The Lottery In my opinion‚ the townspeople should not continue their practice due to different reasons. First‚ is sacrificing someone from your family worth it. Kids should not be exposed to something like this at a young age. Second‚ would they be comfortable knowing they let that happen to someone they care about? Lastly‚ seeing how much people enjoy doing their practice does not seem to make sense. The Lottery started with a simple approach and an easygoing attitude. Towards the end‚ it makes
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Walking can also protect you from certain cancers. Walking strengthens bones and can relieve joint pain and swelling. Walking can help you lose weight or manage your weight. If you walk on a daily basis it can help relieve stress and can make you feel energetic. To receive these benefits you only have to walk for 30 minutes a day‚ 10 minutes at a time. To get 30 minutes a day you can substitute things like talking the stairs instead of the elevator or parking farther away. Exercise can help prevent
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Do you know how many children run away from home every year? According to societyandculture.com "Every year‚ more than one million children in the U.S. run away from home. Kids as young as 10 are among the one in seven who leave their homes‚ although most runaways are between 15 and 17". From these statistics‚ I am beginning to wonder why this happens every year and it seems it isn’t stopping anytime soon. In a complicated society‚ not all families are the same. Children are affected by their family
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When Shirley Jackson wrote “The Lottery” she received many letters from many horrified readers who were shocked by the seemingly realness of the story. Although the short story was fictional‚ the characters and situations the story symbolized were very much real. Jackson uses this symbolism to help convey her message: traditions should not be allowed to be unexamined and unchanged. One character‚ for whom the symbolism is so deep that she dies as a result of it‚ is Tessie Hutchinson
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