11/28/2012 If I Win the Lottery When I was a little kid‚ I always day dreaming that if I were born in a rich family‚ and I was treated like a princess. How wonderful is that! Or in one day‚ if I win the lottery for five millions what am I going to do with my money? If I win five million dollars‚ the first thing I would do is to buy a big and comfortable single house for my family. And ask them to quit their job. It is because my parents have been working for so many years. I noticed my parents
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successful‚ and others fail miserably. I am usually a very unlucky person‚ but miracles happen every day in the beautiful word we live in. So what would I do if my luck decided to change and I happen to win a million dollars? The idea is tough to grasp‚ but if I won a million dollars I would spend the money on myself‚ my mother‚ and the game of baseball for the youth within my community. To begin‚ if I won a million dollars I would enrich my own lifestyle. I would start by buying a beautiful sports
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If I won a million dollars Winning a million dollars can lead your life into many different directions. If I won a million dollars I’d try to focus on managing it wisely‚ because money runs out if it’s not used correctly. Many people today find themselves in debt from spending it too quickly. Statistics show that nothing but failure comes out of spending while no money is going back in. There are numerous things that can be accomplished with a million dollars. If I won a million dollars the
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“The Lottery” is a short story by Shirley Jackson in which villagers in a small town participate in a barbaric tradition that involves killing one of their own. The story incorporates a large amount of symbolism‚ both through the use of objects as well as some names. These symbols tell us a few things about why this tradition continues on‚ primarily because of the fear of the unknown. Although to us‚ the lottery seems very morally wrong‚ the villagers consider the lottery just another normal part
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Themes/Symbols of The Lottery” and “The Things They Carried” In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson there are many themes. However‚ the main theme of the short story is following a tradition blindly can be deadly. Tradition in societies and culture allows for important lessons and skills to be passed on from generation to generation. However‚ following others without questioning what is going on or the reason why your doing it in the first place‚ can lead to reckless and impulsive
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Communication From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Communication (disambiguation). "Communicate" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Communicate (disambiguation). Communication (from Latin commūnicāre‚ meaning "to share" [1]) is the activity of conveying information through the exchange of thoughts‚ messages‚ or information‚ as by speech‚ visuals‚ signals‚ writing‚ or behavior. It is the meaningful exchange of information between two or more living creatures. Pragmatics defines
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What if Germany won WWI? World War One‚ also widely known as the Great War lasted from 1914-1918. It was a major war centered in Europe involving the World’s major powers that were separated into two alliances: the Allies‚ consisting of Britain‚ France‚ Russia and later the US and the Central Powers consisting of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. It was European History’s worst war at the time. The Germans were defeated by exhaustion however‚ this could of easily happened to the Allies
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distressing world of the camp and the bomb” (The Lottery 144). Shirley’s story is about a town of a few hundred residents who join every year to be a part of the lottery. It then hits two stages of the drawing and Tessie Hutchinson “wins”. Now that she won‚ she is stoned to death by her people. Even her own family allowed this to happen! This discourteous distress in this twist was horrifying that anyone could just kill someone because‚ they won the lottery. When people read Jackson’s story‚ the readers
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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a short story about a small town and their unique summer tradition. This stories thematic element is conformity and rebellion‚ showing “a clash between two well-articulated positions in which a rebel‚ on principle‚ confronts and struggles with established authority” (Abacarian and Klotz‚ 289). Jackson’s short story caught my attention through her suspenseful structural technique‚ and incorporation of a serious‚ seemingly absurd‚ event in a nonchalant manner.
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This article is about the short story. For other uses‚ see Lottery (disambiguation). "The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson‚ first published in the June 26‚ 1948 issue of The New Yorker.[1] Written the same month it was published‚ it is ranked today as "one of the most famous short stories in the history of American literature".[2] It has been described as "a chilling tale of conformity gone mad."[3] Response to the story was negative‚ surprising Jackson‚ Caleb Mann (the local head editor
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