prosperous. They enjoyed life. A fair is an important event in the life of the villagers. It breaks the monotony of their life. They enjoy it most heartily. The dusky village children enjoy themselves for a day. It is a pleasure to see a smile on the face of the careworn wife. I happened to visit the Baisakhi fair last year. It is held every year in a village close to ours. It was attended by thousands of villagers from the neighbouring villages. All seemed to be in a holiday mood. There was no
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the overall aspect of a "lottery". I. The pieces of paper that the villagers had to draw contained inside the black box symbolized the feebleness of life. A. “He dropped all the paper but those on the ground‚ where the breeze caught them and lifted them off” B. Lives=insignificant C. Villagers sacrifice one another without thinking twice about their ruthless acts II. The black box the villagers cherished so dearly symbolized fear‚ mystery‚ and death. A. Fear
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brutal death rather than something luxurious and grand. Hence‚ outer appearances can be deceiving because the meaning of a lottery within the culture of the short story is contrary to the contemporary idea of a lottery. Furthermore‚ none of the villagers want to win the lottery. Tessie illustrates this when she said‚ “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper that he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair!” In this quote‚ Tessie is saying that it was not fair that they got the paper with the
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Medvegia. This excerpt contains a medical investigation carried out by medical officers which concludes that the death of seventeen villagers was related to vampire attacks. In addition‚ the excerpt demonstrates that the inhabitants of Medvegia believed that the individuals that passed had become vampires. This is supported due to the examination of deceased villagers who displayed a condition of vampirism in their graves. It was believed
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the villagers‚ we are all aware that the lottery is conducted under your supervision and is held in the square located between the post office and the bank. On the morning of June 27th‚ an estimate of three hundred people will assemble to witness and participate in stoning one of our fellow‚ chosen villagers to death. Within the eyes of a citizen‚ I stand by the belief that the annual lottery is utterly inhumane and iniquitous. Stoning an individual to death serves no purpose in the villagers’ lives
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seen in the way the villagers treat the drowned man. The time and effort they put into Esteban make him become more real than the other characters in the story. He is the only one given a name and personality. When reading‚ I feel the love and compassion the villagers have for the drowned man. They take his corpse in and make him one of them and treat him as such. The drowned man is seen as a mythical creature because of his size and wonderful good looks. All the villagers get lost in his beautiful
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mountain village of Viscos with eleven gold bars in his possession. He buries the first ten in a particular spot in the surrounding forest‚ and places the eleventh in a different location‚ all of this unbeknownst to the villagers. He then brings Miss Chantal Prym‚ a Viscos villager longing for the big city‚ into the forest with him and shows her the location of the gold bars. He then proposes a deal: if she can convince the townspeople to kill any nonspecific citizen in Viscos‚ the eleven gold bars
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scarlet letter serves as a reminder to herself and her peers of the sins she has committed‚ and there is a true evolution from the beginning to the end of the story of the views of not only the letter but the person wearing it from Hester herself‚ the villagers‚ Pearl‚ and the author. Throughout the story‚ the reader can clearly identify the contrast of Hester’s views of her scarlet letter from the beginning of the book to the end. The defiance and ignorance of Hester is clearly visible when Hester
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minute documentary which reveals the prevalence of AIDS in Yingzhou district‚ located in Anhui Province. Yingzhou District is a rural and impoverished village. People living there have a low income. The situation prompts a substantial portion of villagers insist of selling blood so as to earn a living‚ which is the fundamental cause of AIDS in the area. In the documentary‚ the reality of an AIDS prevalent community is brought to light. It is a society full of misconception‚ fearsome and discrimination
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