“The Lottery” Response Paper Shirley Jackson’s very intriguing short story‚ “The Lottery‚” was evidently quite the controversy when it first appeared in The New Yorker (Jackson 208). One can easily guess that the reason for such mass unrest was the story’s violent content. However‚ humanity is not always extremely kind; humans can be brutal creatures. In Ms. Jackson’s story‚ this theme of violence and cruelty is revealed‚ and one cannot help but wonder if all those New Yorker reviewers gave her
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Chinese Traditions Values for one society may seem strange to another society‚ but nonetheless‚ they are important to that society. For instance‚ the painful and debilitating Chinese tradition of foot binding‚ as bizarre as it may seem to our culture‚ to the Chinese people‚ it was the esoteric essence of pure beauty and signified status within the family structure‚ allowing young women with lotus feet better opportunities for marriage with well-to-do families. Traditional Chinese courtyard life
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“How have I been so blind and participated in the Lottery all those years?” I said to myself. “Now I know how it felt to be the family who got chosen to do the Lottery and sacrifice one of their family members for this tradition that no longer has a purpose.” Suddenly‚ this anger‚ frustration built up inside me made me yell‚ “You didn’t give him enough time to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair‚” to Mr. Summers. Mrs. Delacroix replied‚ “Be a good sport‚ Tessie.”
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English 101 10/1/13 Luck of the Draw Introduction Tradition is a powerful thing‚ especially if it causes others harm. We take a look into the tradition of the black box and the drawing of a name in‚ “The Lottery”‚ by Shirley Jackson. Throughout the story we are guided through a series of seemingly meaningless events‚ leading up to the drawing of a lucky winner of the town Lottery. According to Webster’s dictionary the definition of a Lottery is ‘A system used to decide who will get or be given
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Comparative Essay “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Lottery Ticket” by Anton Chekhov Most people today would define Lottery as the drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance‚ however these two stories give us a different out look on the word lottery. The stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Lottery Ticket” by Anton Chekhov are both extremely powerful stories that leave you thinking. People turn on other people for self
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The Lottery Limerick In a village there was once an annual lottery Where winning wasn’t exactly lucky For the winner was stoned‚ And in pain they groaned Dying as victims of assault and battery. Anonymous The Cruelty of the Villagers(Tanka) I saw her fall dead With stones raining upon her No one tried to stop Grateful their names were not drawn None were saddened by this loss. Anonymous Ode to Tessie Hutchinson When I think of her‚ my heart aches As though hemlock I have drunk
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Cultural Traditions and Healthcare Beliefs of Some Older Adults The following information is based on generalizations. Always note that there will be individual differences in patients and families. The cultural behaviours will also be affected by the acculturation process. Information assembled from a variety of sources by Barbara Dixon‚ Manager‚ Diversity and Immigrant Student Support‚ Red River College‚ 2009 1 Older Patients of Arab and/or Muslim Origin • Dietary issues are important
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Hammurabi Was Unfair Hammurabi was the king of Babylon. He started in 1750 BCE-1792 BCE‚ Babylon is in modern day Iraq. In 1750 BCE there were two rivers that went through Babylon‚ the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. Hammurabi was the King of Babylon‚ he was a harsh ruler and that’s why I’m writing about Hammurabi’s Code. He was the first person recorded to make laws and he wrote two hundred and eighty-two laws that were written on a stele which is a big stone. Hammurabi was told by Shamash
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the theme? If you win the lottery‚ you would expect to become a millionaire. Instead‚ you got stoned to death. In her contemporary short story‚ “The Lottery‚” the author‚ Shirley Jackson uses the external conflict of blindly following rituals to demonstrate the danger of the following tradition blindly and the cruel nature of the characters. To exemplify the first point‚ I say that the lottery serves as the symbol of conservatism. In the story‚ the tradition of the lottery is passed down from generation
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It is through great suspense and irony that Shirley Jackson tells the story of a lottery in a small town. The result of the lottery is also left open to be interpreted by the reader. All this could not be done without the use of the third person objective point of view in which the story ‚“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ is told. Shirley Jackson uses situational irony as well as verbal irony to keep the readers on their toes and especially to keep the ending a surprise. Achieving this irony would
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