Shirley Jackson wrote “The Lottery” the genre is speculative fiction and starts out giving us the date‚ which was the 27th of June and was clear and sunny day‚ but also had the feel of a really hot summers day. The flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The Story starts off as a normal story but progresses to be very different and unpredictable including the ending. The introduction starts out as making it sound like a normal place but as you keep on reading the story and
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people read have six elements of fiction. The story the lottery by Shirley Jackson contains six elements of fiction like any other story. The six elements of fiction are Structure‚ Characterization‚ Theme‚ Symbol‚ and Setting. Structure is an element of fiction. The structure is split into four parts: exposition‚ Rising action‚ Climax‚ and resolution. The exposition in the lottery occur when the villagers gathered around for the town lottery. The complication/rising action occurs when the Hutchinson
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A high society that gambles with lives My paper argues whether or not the survival lottery saves more lives by just two simple beliefs. Kantian beliefs being the first one which is the belief that it all depends on if the jobs are fulfilled. This agrees with other theories such as the deontic theory that states that you have to uphold your jobs and protect the rights of every single individual no matter if it leads to the worst possible outcome. The second one being Utilitarianism‚ which is the
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“The Lottery” is a short story written by a woman named Shirley Jackson. The story takes place on the 27th of June in a small nameless town. The lottery is a tradition in this small town and has taken place longer than any of the townspeople can remember. In fact none even remember why there is a lottery‚ but take part in it because there has always been one. Part of this tradition is an old black box. Of course it is not the original box but some in the story say that it was
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information “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a story that withholds information. The withheld piece of information is what the lottery actually is. The lottery is an annual tradition where the people pick a piece of paper out of a box and the one who picks the piece of paper with a black dot is stoned to death. The author‚ however‚ does not reveal what happens after the papers are picked until the end of the story. The withholding of information makes the reader wonder what the lottery is and this
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what if it is you or one of your family members who will “win” the lottery next year? As humans‚ we defined ourselves as the most intelligent creatures on the Earth. Full of knowledge and understanding‚ we seem to use the moral code at every step we make. But‚ unfortunately‚ among our society‚ there is one thing that seems to be an exact contrary of ethics. I think you all know what part of heritage I am talking about - the lottery tradition. Therefore we‚ the members of Better Future Organisation
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Humans sometimes feel that stereotypical beliefs or values are the black and white of life. In contrast‚ people are also unfitted to accept misleading truth. The perpetuation of archaic gender roles in “The Lottery” and the inability to accept unconventional truth in “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” highlights the negative effects of unexamined or misplaced values. In the attempt to accept truth‚ the townspeople in “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” finds out the truth in an unexpected manner
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to talk about some of my personal impressions about something that really shocked me at the beginning of the story‚ after reading the Lottery written by American famous female author Sherley Jackson. In the story‚ she depicts a small village in the mountain and the annual antiquated ritual there; every year‚ people are gathered at the square‚ and pick the lottery. It is a ritual for praying; it is not a ritual for praying. From the different word choices and settings Jackson used in the story‚ I
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between “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Lottery” The Cask of Amontillado is believed to set place in the 18th century in a nameless city in Italy. Right from the start of the story‚ Edgar Allan Poe‚ sets the tone to be revengeful and unforgiving‚ in examples like‚ “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge.” (Poe) And “I must not only punish‚ but punish with impunity.” (Poe). The Lottery on the other hand‚ starts off describing
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the fabric of their lives. This one sentence really exemplifies how society fails to learn and understand why they repeat a pattern of behavior. In the story‚ one generation after another neglected to take care of the “paraphernalia” (138)‚ of the lottery and as the years passed “the ritual had been allowed to lapse.”(138) It also appears that over time the reasoning behind the annual gathering of the villagers was
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