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    Title Authors use many different tools to portray and create some fictional world inside the readers mind such as plot‚ point of view‚ characterization‚ symbolism‚ etc... “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Lottery” are two very melancholy stories each in their own way. Edgar Allen Poe and Shirley Jackson both use excellent techniques to create the peculiar atmosphere and mood of their stories. Edgar Allen Poe is known for using many different artistic elements to create eerie‚ spooky stories

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    The short story‚ "The Lottery‚" by Shirley Jackson is one pf the most shocking stories I have ever read. It caused controversy when it was published in a New York newspaper and for good reason. The ending is very unsettling and I would even categorize it as a horror story. The picture the story paints prepares you for the exact opposite of what actually happens‚ making this a confusing‚ yet unforgettable story. It is hard to figure out what the message is in this story. Starting from the beginning

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    “The Lottery” Research Paper Outline Thesis/Essay Map Statement: Through the names of the characters used‚ the ritualized use of a scapegoat‚ and the actions of the women in “The Lottery‚” Shirley Jackson symbolistically foreshadowed the unforeseeable ending and portrayed the culture of rural America. Main supporting points and minor supporting details: I. The names of the characters symbolistically foreshadowed the unforeseeable ending and portrayed the culture of rural America. A. Mr

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    of Rituals Rituals are a set of actions performed for a symbolic value‚ such as through sacrifices‚ traditions in communities‚ or to manipulate religious symbols. Rituals that are performed as traditions can be seen through the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. In this short story Jackson exemplifies the manner in which the meaning of a ritual can be forgotten while aspects of the ritual are still continued by becoming a civic duty to its participants. Conversely‚ Franz Kafka’s short

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    in interrogation rooms. With white painted walls and chrome/silver appliances. I viewed the café as somewhere that the old man could find order and confront the familiar nothingness‚ but I didn’t think the café was anywhere he wanted to be. “The Lottery” was a controversial story written by Mrs. Shirley Jackson. She introduced her audience to an unusual and peculiar ritual held annually in a small village. It was a ceremony in which each resident had the same chance of being murdered‚ and it was

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    life‚ people have a tendency to ruin a good thing while it’s going. People become overwhelmed with the joy and fulfillment and begin to react irresponsible. For instance‚ a great thing such as winning can result into something horrible. Winning the lottery not only can bring happiness into someone’s life‚ but as well cause their life to be a complete nightmare. When a person goes from being considerably poor to having millions of dollars‚ it impacts their lives to a great extent by causing them to become

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    The Meal Ticket By Leslie Davis My call to write came at an early age. At the time I was far too young to understand how my camp letters home would someday prove to be one of my earliest and truest forms of self-expression. Camp Desoto was a month long girls camp situated high in the Rocky Mountains of Tennessee. On a hot June Saturday in 1973‚ with me riding alone in the back seat‚ my parents took the three hour drive up from Atlanta to drop me off for the summer. Other than holiday

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    Everyone likes to conform to match the norm‚ and will blindly follow if it means that they are part of the group. This conformity is heavily present in ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson‚ and ‘Examination Day’ by Henry Slesar. In both short stories‚ people conform to the traditions and routines that have been dictated to them. In ‘The Lottery’‚ a small town has a tradition of annually sacrificing one of their own‚ who is chosen by a raffle. The winner‚ a woman named Tessie Hutchinson‚ pleads that it

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    This story begins on a warm 27th June‚ where Mr. Summers officiates a lottery in which villagers had gathered to participate (Jackson‚ p.2). The children are the first to arrive‚ where they begin collecting stones while awaiting their parents. The day is typical in the small town portrayed as idle by Jackson. The head of the

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    POV’s and Traffic Tickets There are quite a few soldiers in Oahu‚ Hawaii that own POV’s (Personally Owned Vehicles)‚ but many do not know the risk behind owning such dangerous tools. Yes‚ a POV is typically used as a form of transportation‚ but more reckless behavior tends to be the trend among younger soldiers. Reckless behavior such as texting and driving‚ drinking and driving‚ eating and driving‚ sleeping and driving‚ not wearing seatbelts‚ but the most dangerous of these behaviors is racing

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