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    "Chaos had advanced. The kitchen was a shambles of broken glass and china. The dining-room was stripped of parquet‚ the skirting was up‚ the door had been taken off its hinges‚ and the destroyers had moved up a floor. Streaks of light came in through the closed shutters where they worked with the seriousness of creators - and destruction after all is a form of creation. A kind of imagination had seen this house as it had now become." The Second World War had just finished and the boys were living

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    Reading Response Journal- "The Destructors" In my opinion‚ the main idea of the story‚ "The Destructors" by Graham Greene is that when humans let their own personal feelings get in the way of doing what is right‚ it leads to a feeling of detriment and dissatisfaction. Also the Wormsley Common Gang chose poor decisions that affected their innocence throughout the entire story. These poorly made decisions took away their youth innocence and replaced it with selfishness and destruction. In the story

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    1 Lottery Winnings

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    Retirement Plan Matthew Birkebak Marisela Valadez Alatorre Odds of winning the lottery • Chances of winning the lottery. • Odds for both the Mega Millions and Powerball. • Percentage of new friends after winning the lottery. • Odds of losing the money awarded from a lottery win. • Second chance drawings. Mega Millions  Odds of winning:1 in 259 million on the jackpot  $656M‚ Mega Millions‚ March 30‚ 2012 is the largest jackpot with 75 million tickets sold for drawing.  Odds of

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    “The Destructors” And “The Rocking Horse Winner” Comparison and Contrast By Edward R. Tierney In this paper‚ I will compare and contrast the characters‚ themes‚ suspense and moral principles found in the stories The Destructors by Graham Greene and The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence. It is interesting that both Graham Green and D.H. Lawrence wrote during different time periods but share misery as a common theme. I can understand how Lawrence wrote from this perspective‚ because

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    the fact time has been reduced for the reader. In “The Destructors” by Graham Greene‚ and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ the setting for which each story is written are completely opposite. This paper will critique the setting of both stories and show how the setting presents the writer’s intentions. Outline: I. Stories chosen. A. “The Destructors” B. “The Most Dangerous Game” II. The Settings. A. “The Destructors” 1. London‚ England. 2. Wormsley

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    class. Please indicate which short story you presented on: The Destructors by Graham Green Laura De Jaegher Please indicate which short story you presented on: The Destructors by Graham Green Laura De Jaegher Answer each of the following

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    possession of money or material possessions lead to happiness? Or does it lead to destruction? In his story "The Rocking Horse Winner‚" D.H. Lawrence depicts an example of how the pursuit of materialistic items will lead to destruction. "The Destructors" by Graham Greene also exemplifies the pursuit of material satisfaction in the form of notoriety which also leads to destruction. These authors argue that the pursuit of material possessions gives a false sense of happiness‚ and that this pursuit

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    Worth Playing Lottery

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    Is it worth playing the lottery to strike it rich with hundreds‚ millions‚ or even billions of dollars? According to Google‚ a lottery is means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and rewarding the winners with money who were chosen at random. Some lotteries are different from others depending on the game‚ the amount of cash that can be won‚ and even the amount of people participating in it. All of them have one thing in common though: The only way of winning is by chance. This impacts society

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    ‘The Lottery’ By Shirley Jackson Mode: Reading Genre: Prose Task: How does Shirley Jackson build up suspense in the short story ‘The Lottery’? The story ‘The Lottery’ was written by Shirley Jackson‚ throughout the piece the author builds up suspense towards the climax. The story takes place in a small village‚ where the people are close and tradition is paramount. A yearly event‚ called the lottery‚ is one in which one person in the town is randomly selected‚ by a drawing‚ to be violently

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    Alabama State Lottery

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    Jeffrey Kidd Final Copy 12 April 2013 Alabama State Lottery Many states have a state lottery. These lotteries can help out a state in many different ways. Lotteries can help provide many different ways of funding money to the state. They can help provide money for local groups and organizations such as schools‚ hospitals‚ and animal shelters. Alabama needs a state lottery because it does not have the proper funding to provide for those in need‚ provide help for the school systems‚ and it can

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