Compare/Contrast on Young Goodman Brown and the Lottery ENGL 102: Literature and Composition Spring D 2013 Crystal Gritton L24706101 APA In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story‚ “Young Goodman Brown”‚ he tells a parable of a Puritan who loses faith in man after he thinks he witnesses his wife and town members perform in a Black Mass. The experience ruins his view of good in people‚ and leaves him feeling distrustful lonely. The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ is a short story about a village that
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members. Religious traditions are usually passed on from parent to child at an early age. In "The Lottery‚" Shirley Jackson reveals the tradition of the lottery and how all of the villagers conform to the ritual of a human sacrifice. Growing up with an exceptionally religious father I can relate to way of thinking of the villagers that traditions are accepted without questioning. In "The lottery‚" the children were stuffing their pockets with stones before all of the parents had arrived
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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story that depicts the blind following of tradition. Just because something has been done a certain way for as long as you can remember‚ does not mean that way is the best way. “The Lottery” also highlights the cruelty of human nature. The willingness of ritualistic murder of colleagues‚ friends or family. The tradition to stone someone in your community to death annually is truly cruel. It blows my mind how so many people can knowingly partake in the action
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The Lottery Point of View Shirley Jackson’s choice of point of view in “The Lottery” is that of being told in the third person. The story is told more by an observer’s point of view rather than that of a participant. In “The Lottery” she illustrates how what is being done to the family members‚ of people in the village‚ is an act of pointless bloodshed. It isn’t clear as to why they carry on with the ancient rite but what is clear is that the people in the village are obedient to the past law and
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It wasn’t a moment; it was a collection of moments spread over twenty days. Eight months back‚ I took to the streets and campaigned for a political party whose ideology I believed in. Before campaigning‚ I wanted to reinforce my belief system. I spoke to journalists‚ street vendors and campaigners of the opposing party. Having never walked more than a mile at a stretch; walking twenty miles that day through the winding streets‚ was a challenge. A homemaker who had never worked before was leading
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Published in 1948‚ The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson has become well known by the tradition of the village. Tradition plays a key role throughout the lives of the villagers. The title of this short story “ The Lottery” may lead one to believe that something good is to come but later as you read on‚ you will realize that this is not the case. By the unjust persecution of innocent individuals‚ Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” portrays the dangers of blindly following tradition
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At the present time‚ there are three things I would change about the US Army. One is that I would get rid of the Corporal rank. I know there are a lot of other people who feel the same and really‚ I don’t see the point in this rank at all. I know a lot of higher enlisted say that ‘A person becomes a CPL when there is a position of a NCO open and the individual does not have enough points to make SGT.’ There are SPC’s in charge of other soldiers. There are SPC’s in the position of Supply NCO. My
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Why Obama won the 2012 Election The American elections of 2012 was very competitive between the Democrat candidate Barrack Obama‚ who was the president then‚ and Mitt Romney‚ the Republican candidate. The campaigns and presidential debates were quite heated and as has been earlier mentioned‚ it was tight for each of them as polls clearly indicated that both Obama and Romney had more or less an equally high chance of winning the presidential elections. Demographics played a significant part in
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Works Cited Amar‚ Akhil. "How Women Won the Vote." Wilson Quarterly 29.3 (2005): 30-34. Literary Reference Center. Web. 15 Mar. 2013. < http://proxygsu-aut1.galileo.usg.edu/login ?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=17662246&site=eds-live&scope=site>. In the article “"How Women Won the Vote"‚ Amar discusses how women earned the right to vote. She discusses how the west offered women the right to vote in order to get more women to move into the location. She discusses
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Lottery Winnings – Looks Can Be Deceptive! State-sponsored lotteries are extremely popular and highly successful methods by which state governments in many countries raise much needed funds for financing public expenses‚ especially education. In Michigan alone‚ during the year 2000‚ Michigan Lottery reported annual sales of $1.69 billion in fiscal 2000‚ and generated $618.5 million in net revenue for the state School Aid Fund‚ supporting public education (K-12) programs throughout the state. Retailers
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