I’ve given over a hundred tours during my time at Tufts. Which sounds exhausting even to me. But I’ve learned a lot about both tour guiding and tour taking. During this time‚ I’ve really started to figure out some ways that you can take advantage of your time on a college campus most effectively. So without any further ado‚ here’s my guide to tour-taking. 1. Do your research. And this doesn’t mean that you have to spend two hours the night before your tour looking up statistics‚ or even that you
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The Lottery On a clear morning‚ June 27th‚ the townspeople‚ men‚ women‚ and children begin to assemble for the lottery which is to begin at ten in the morning. The opening paragraphs completely mask the underlying darkness of this short story. As the reader progresses throughout the story‚ these deeper elements of the story become evident. "The Lottery" successfully combines elements of horror‚ irony‚ hypocrisy‚ and tradition in a way that fulfills Carver’s criteria of a story that exemplifies
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Engl151C-17 September 16‚ 2011 “The Lottery” Traditions The main theme of “The Lottery‚” by Shirley Jackson‚ is tradition. Traditions are beliefs‚ legends‚ customs‚ information and other things that are passed down from generation to generation. This theme is shown in many different ways throughout the story. The first way tradition is shown in the story is with the ritual that the town people call the lottery. The second way tradition is shown is by the character Mrs. Hutchinson. Another character
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1102 14 February 2013 Mindless Tradition “The Lottery” (1948) by Shirley Jackson has provoked controversy and condemnation since its release. The short story takes place in a village where tradition is vital. The lottery is an annual event in which one individual is chosen by random to be viciously stoned by family and friends. All town members practice the ritual. The short story portrays how human nature engages in behaviors mindlessly. “The lottery was conducted—as were the square dances‚ the
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Destini Lloyd Joy Surles Eng 113 March 26‚ 2013 The Lottery What is the definition of inhumanity? Inhumanity is great cruelty and a lack of humanity. Once you understand that a normal human being would then question how people could be so cruel to one another. The inhumanity of taking chance is evident in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. The author paints a vivid picture of how taking a gamble is not worth the loss. The mindset of traditionalism‚ selfishness‚ and inhumanness speaks volume
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Outline Thesis: In Shirley Jackson ’s controversial short story‚ "The Lottery"‚ the usage of symbolism stands strong when she manages to relate the feebleness of life with pieces of paper‚ mystery and fear with an eerie black box‚ and society ’s prevailing ability to blindly follow tradition with the overall aspect of a "lottery". I. The pieces of paper that the villagers had to draw contained inside the black box symbolized the feebleness of life. A. “He dropped all the paper but those
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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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