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    Settling into the world of Bitcoin Lottery games is made easier alongside BestBitcoinLottery.com. The pages of this domain present its services towards enthusiasts who enjoy playing the well-known game with the power of cryptocurrency payments. Best Bitcoin Lottery serves as the number one source of information for anything related to the field of lottery or bitcoins. The creators of BBL.com is composed of highly-experienced individuals in the field of iGaming and virtual currency‚ which means every

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    The Lottery: Blindly Flowing Traditions There have been hundreds of social issues through the years that have grabbed the attention of the American public‚ but one that is still relevant today is the social issue of blindly following tradition. When someone follows tradition they are forgetting all the moral aspects of the situation and just doing the act because it has been done for years because it is a tradition. These traditions make the people participating it closer or so they

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    Why did William win the battle of Hastings? There are 4 reasons for William’s victory in the battle of Hastings. First‚ there was his preparation‚ the next‚ William’s leadership. Then‚ Harold’s weaknesses: and finally‚ luck. I think that luck was the main reason for William’s victory because‚ without the wind changing at the precise moment when Harold was still at Stamford Bridge‚ William would not have been able to accomplish an amphibious landing unnoticed to invade the southern side of England

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    After reading the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson‚ I think the most important theme was Traditions and Customs. In this short story‚ the village that the story takes place in has a tradition every year called the lottery. In this tradition‚ one person is picked out of the village and is given a stoning‚ a punishment where people take rocks and throw them at you until you die. This tradition has been going on so long that the villagers cannot remember when it started. Also in this tradition

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    many other individuals‚ I think Irene Opdyke merits this Award as she had put her life at risk. Irene was a polish catholic nurse who had joined the underground. The underground was a group or movement organized secretly to work against an extreme regime. The holocaust was a period where a large number of jews were fiercely slaughtered by the nazis amid the World War II. It was a genocide in which roughly 6 million jews were executed by Hitler. I believe Irene should win this award because not only

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    Irony revealed “The Rocking Horse Winner” Numerous themes and types of irony are presented in “The Rocking Horse Winner.” One of the main themes is the want for more; more material possessions and of course more money. Another is the search for luck. Paul’s journey for this is what ultimately led to his demise and death at the end of the story. Themes are intertwined and related throughout “The Rocking Horse Winner.” D.H. Lawrence uses irony to portray a clear vision of the themes throughout

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    THE LOTTERY People are like sheep and will obey other people’s laws or rules even if they are cruel and unjust. In Shirley Jackson’s fiction story‚ The Lottery‚ the story centers around a small town where they practice an unusual tradition every year known as “ The Lottery ”. The story mainly focuses around the Hutchinson family (which are the main protagonists of the story) and them being selected in The Lottery. The Lottery is held

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    in Salem Village"(1956)‚ "Road Through the Wall" (1948)‚ "Hangsaman"(1951)‚ and "The Bird`s Nest" (1954)‚ are only a few works that she wrote. However‚ the story that made her name well known is “The Lottery” (1948). It is a short story in which some villagers are forced to participate in a lottery which enables them to survive. Jackson uses a deadpan passive tone‚ social irony‚ and the point of view is in third person objective. From the beginning until the end of the story‚ the narrator uses

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    Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” is not what you think it is. A lottery typically‚ is something you would want to win. In Jackson’s story‚ it is quite the opposite. You wouldn’t think anything was wrong at the beginning of the story. It takes place in a small village. Everyone seems to be excited about the lottery‚ because everyone is present for the lottery. All the characters in the story seem to get along well. Everyone in the town gathers for the lottery. All the children are gathering

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    me an offer I couldn’t refuse. On December 1‚ 1969‚ the U.S. Selective Service System held a lottery to determine the order in which men who were born between 1944 and 1950 would be drafted into military service. Each day in a leap year was assigned a number from 1 to 366‚ the numbers were written on pieces of paper which were placed in plastic capsules‚ and the capsules were drawn from a glass jar. Every man who had the birth date assigned to the first number drawn in the lottery was drafted first

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