Central Idea: “The Lottery” In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ Mrs. Jackson tells a story about any small town U.S.A. where they follow through with their traditions‚ no matter how bizarre they can be. In this town‚ every June 27th their town gets together and hosts “The Lottery” where there is one winner (or in this case the loser.) At the beginning‚ all the children are wandering around the town picking up rocks and creating piles in the square. Over time‚ the whole town begins to gather
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story? The rain horse by ted hughes is a short story text. Ted hughes was a prolific poet and was more celebrated for his poetry than his prose. This narravtive reflects his poetry through the very vivid imagery created by the description of the blinding rain and mysterios horse. Hughes presents a sense of menace and fear through the description of the horse and the horse following him. Hughes presents menace ad fear through the limited and mysterious descriptions of the horse. The simile: “It
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“The Lottery” to convey how people blindly follow a tradition that‚ in reality‚ is morally brutal. She uses Old Man Warner’s commentary to help portray this issue. For instance‚ Old Man Warner states‚ “‘It’s not the way it used to be‚’ Old Man Warner said clearly. ‘People ain’t the way they used to be”’ (Jackson 7). Old Man Warner comments on everyone’s sympathy for Tessie’s family. He has participated in the lottery for 77 years and based on that experience‚ he comments on how the lottery has changed
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Origin of gambling in the United States The first lottery was held in the America by the Virginia Company with the permission of the Crown to raise money to finance the establishment of the Colony in 1612. The lotteries were relatively sophisticated and included instant winners. All the original 13 raised revenue through lotteries. The proceeds were used to establish Harvard‚ Yale‚ Columbia‚ Dartmouth‚ Princeton‚ and William and Mary. Lottery funds were also used to build churches and libraries
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Horse jumping Many people may say that it’s a dangerous sport and that you have to be crazy for doing it but‚ after they try it once they won’t leave it. Risking your life is worth it when you find passion on and over the horse‚ finding lots of new‚ rich and encouraging experiences that will make you grow as a person and as a rider; as‚ when you jump‚ you need to be focused‚ you even forget about problems you may have‚ it helps you not being a rancorous person. When you jump once
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characters from the short story‚ The Lottery‚ do not agree with this tradition to throw stones a. In fact‚ many of the characters show more than one opinion on this matter once they learn of the winner. One example of a two-sided character is when Tessie starts protesting against the crowd when her husband‚ Bill‚ “wins” the lottery. She shouts “You didn’t give him time enough to choose”‚ and “everyone saw that!” The ironic part about this is when Joe Summers‚ the lottery organizer‚ called Bill Hutchinson
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that the Rainhorse is supernatural in his writing. He describes the horse as possibly ‘Clairvoyant’ which is certainly supernatural. Also when thinking to himself about an ordinary horse the man says ‘this horse was nothing like that’ which suggests that the Rainhorse is out of the ordinary‚ therefore out of this world and supernatural. When the horse is around the rain seems to pour much harder and heavier‚ it is almost as if the horse has the power to control the element of rain. It is also describes
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he was taken aback and startled to see Mourad riding a beautiful white horse. In fact‚ he was so dazed that Mourad had to say “Yes‚ it’s a horse. You are not dreaming.” All this was too unbelievable because Aram knew that they were too poor to be able to afford to buy a horse. The only way Mourad could possess it could be by stealing. They were too honest to lie and yet too crazy to ride a horse. Thus‚ they kept the horse for two weeks‚ enjoying its ride in cool air and singing to their heart’s
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uses his nowfamous analogy of horses. Only horse trainers‚ very specialized people‚ have a positive influence on horses‚ when most other people would have a negative influence. Surely‚ as Socrates suggests‚ if it takes such expertise to improve a horse‚ it would be odd to think that pretty much anyone can improve a person. Socrates believes that this analogy must be correct in terms of all animals along with human beings because if it takes an expertise to improve a horse‚ than it would certainly be
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