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    upon her.” (Jackson)Even though the community is following traditions that they happen every year. The traditions are still wrong. This book has a very dark theme‚ and things within the community that symbol many things. The short story is also very similar to the known movie The Hunger Games. This short story is similar to the movie The Hunger Games in a lot of ways. “The Lottery” by Jackson is about a community that has an annual tradition and names are being drawn and who ever picks the wrong card

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    values.” No surprise there. Most Republican candidates have worked to appeal to religious conservatives‚ and using the buzz phrase “Judeo-Christian” is a tried and true way to do it. But in point of fact‚ there really is no “Judeo-Christian tradition.” Said tradition is nothing but a Cold War invention that elides thousands of years of history in the service of identity politics. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not suggesting there are no shared values between Christians and Jews. There are. But there are shared

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    winner” gets stoned to death. Villagers in the town originally performed the lottery from the belief that a sacrifice brought better crops to the village. Now‚ however‚ the villagers‚ who have forgotten the purpose‚ continue just because it is a tradition. In the beginning‚ villagers of the town had the idea that richer crops would grow by killing as a sacrifice. Old Man Warner‚ the oldest man in town‚ stated an old saying of “’”Lottery in June‚ corn be heavy soon.”‘”(page 22‚ lines 260-261) to another

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    In‚(“The Case Against High-School Sports”)‚ it states that “Even in Eighth grade‚ American kids spend more than twice the time Korean kids spend playing sports‚ according to a 2010 study published in the Journal of Advanced Academics.”This shows that in-school sports are

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    sources are better than their oral equivalent‚ but the African interior did not yield many written sources until the 19th century. Jan Vansina‚ however‚ supports the legitimacy of oral sources as a form of historical evidence and has adopted oral traditions to reconstruct the African past for fifty years. This paper‚ therefore‚ chronologically explores some of Jan Vansina’s major publications and discusses the methodological approaches he established to apply oral sources in the reconstruction of the

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    ORAL TRADITION OR SPOKEN WORD The oral tradition constitutes the main element of transmission and coverage of the oral literature and history‚ music and dancing. This tradition begins with the internal context of the group and the communication through interaction which brings fourth a folkloric process. The Afro-Caribbean folklore of the Archipelago is a mixture of the African‚ the British‚ and the Creole aspects distributed through a cultural continuum of variations. The members of the elite develop

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    say anything to her. Emily is a tradition in the small town of Jefferson. She is a living monument of the past and traditions the people of the town wish to respect and honor. For that reason‚ no one wants to upset or offend her. Her last name is one of wealth and prestige and her family has been valued for many generations. Although that time has now passed‚ the town still honors her and her family’s past reputation. “Alive Miss Emily had been a tradition‚ a duty‚ and a care” (Faulkner 527)

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    "Keepers of traditions" The Marine Corps fighting force is well known all around the world. Each and every Marine wears the eagle globe and anchor on their uniform with pride and dignity. Throughout the decades the Marine Corps not only developed great warriors but also quality citizens. Regardless of our ethnicity we are the band of brothers and we share the same customs and traditions. Among traditions like; mess nights‚ Marine Corps birthday‚ uniform inspections‚ and field day

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    control their land. During this time they have been killing innocent people and many children who have not been involved in the debates. Sexual abuse against children has been a major issue in the Jewish world. Rabbis have been abusing children‚ seeking them out over the internet and in the churches. Sacred Traditions One sacred tradition of Judaism is that "Sabbath and holidays are marked by special observances‚ and attendance at public worship is considered especially important" (Unknown

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    Tradition is the enemy of progress Weather it’s religious traditions preventing the study of the dead for better understanding of the living to the churches traditions stopping the progress into the realization that the Earth is not the center of the universe or to take something recent Umbilical cord debates over weather to use them for life saving stem cell research. Tradition is the common enemy among Progress into the future people want the results of science we live our lives due to science

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