Aniket Marathe Mrs. Nelson Honors 9th Literature 9/2/2016 The Lottery Introduction (Mrs. Hutchinson’s POV) In the crisp summer morning‚ the birds were chirping‚ and the sun gleamed through the crack in my window. It was June 27th- one of the most important days in the year for my village. Today was the great day that someone would be chosen in the lottery. The lottery was a mysterious ritual that occurred in the village. No one understood the purpose of it‚ but it was held every
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been put to use even before Old Man Warner‚ the oldest man in town‚ was born. Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box‚ but no one liked to upset even as much as tradition as was represented by the black box.” (Page 259) The people believed that some of the pieces from the original lottery box may have been used to create the new box‚ but no one knows for certain. This may have been why the tradition of the lottery had been changed or forgotten over the years. “Because
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This is a story about a small rural village that holds its annual lottery. Families in the village participate and the lottery starts by one representative from each family pulling a piece of paper from the black box the one who gets the paper with the black spot is stoned to death as per tradition of the lottery. This world that is created by Shirley Jackson in “The Lottery” is a dystopia. When Bill Hutchinson pulled the paper with the black dot‚ his wife‚ Tessi‚ objects‚ saying that he didn’t have
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draw for the fate of the family. No new innovations are established in this growing town‚ and people are feeling more trapped as their families continue to grow. If I were in charge of the society‚ I would eliminate the lottery as my first order of business. This would allow the community to live more freely‚ without the anxiety of watching a loved one being publicly executed. The lottery is about changes‚ you have to change your olds way. I would introduce new traditions in place of the lottery.
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rather risk one than commit to change. Every year they always need a new individual that will become the scapegoat in order to continue the forceful nature of the social setting. “The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago‚ and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Warner‚ the oldest man in town‚ was born. Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box‚ but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented
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broadway show. Screenwriter Steve Conrad (The Pursuit of Happyness) updated the setting and storyline for the 2013 version‚ loosely incorporating Thurber’s core concept of a day dreaming protagonist along with elements of the 1947 film‚ to tell an all-new Walter Mitty story with a variety of modern references and story beats. Stiller not only stars but also directs the film – which‚ coupled with some of the zanier fantasy moments‚ might lead moviegoers to assume that The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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The box is the item that is used for the drawing‚ which by this point‚ as old as it is‚ needs to be remade. “Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box‚ but no one like to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box‚” (587). Traditions in this town will not be easily let go. This box does need some serious work‚ but Jackson goes on to say that they just tape it up and it’s
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personal tone in his poems. He is able to create a balance between intellect and emotion. To an interview with the Paris review he said: “So much poetry that’s written today doesn’t need to be written. I don’t understand the need for trickery or some new way of
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the people showed their wealth and where their culture laid. Just as the Greeks‚ the people of Holcombe were also able to do the same by making their grain elevators rise “as gracefully as Greek temples”. Truman Capote’s‚ being from a big city like New York‚ attention was grabbed by the appearance of the small town of Holcombe and its inhabitants. Capote paints a picture to his readers‚
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A special interest story in a news broadcast is intended to detail the problems and concerns faced by an individual or a group of people in an emotional way to elicit feelings of interest or sympathy in the audience. I therefore used the characters‚ themes and plot found in Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery as the basis of my broadcast element because this text is a disquieting critique on the violence and inhumanity we hear about on a perpetual basis that evokes emotion in nearly everyone who reads
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