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    Get Over the Past‚ Focus on the Present “A Rose for Emily”‚ by William Faulkner and “The Lottery”‚ by Shirley Jackson are both short stories that deal with conflict from either the community or individually. Faulkner hints us readers the main conflict in “A Rose for Emily” is not only Emily but other characters in this short story. For “The Lottery”‚ Jackson hints the readers the conflict is more on the social side meaning the community or society not only the main characters. But the main comparisons

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    In the short stories‚ The Lottery and The Hedge‚ the identity of the female and male characters are represented very similarly. Both stories exemplify‚ male and female characters occupying their own‚ respective‚ traditional gender roles. The individual identity of women in the two stories conveys the traditional identity of women in the 20th century. The women in the two stories are depicted to be stay at home housewives‚ while the men are portrayed as dominant and controlling. The female character

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    Edward Shils defined tradition as‚ "It is anything which is transmitted or handed down from the past to the present" (Shils 12).In other words‚ a tradition could be any material or intangible attributes handed down by one generation to the next. On the other hand‚ anything which was handed down from the past generations is not a tradition. The validity of a tradition is established through the process of thoughts‚ imagination and actions of past generations. On his book "Tradition"‚ Edward Shils wrote

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    Queenie Chen 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

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    His Education Mukesh Ambani holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT)( www.udct.org)‚ which is now known as University of Mumbai‚ Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT). He began the MBA program at Stanford Business School‚ but dropped out after his first year in order to assist in his father’s ongoing efforts to build the Patalganga petrochemical Plant. His Business Career Mukesh Ambani joined Reliance in 1981 and initiated Reliance’s

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    it’s important not to be so utterly ignorant to not even consider the possibility of making a mistake by blindly submitting to a tradition. People are fundamentally evil and if we don’t control and suppress that side of ourselves‚ if we stop questioning and simply give in to that evilness‚ disastrous results are bound to follow. The simple fact that a certain tradition has been observed for a long time justifies neither that it should continue nor that it should be protected. If we don’t pause to

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    social norms and beliefs upon their 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

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    1. 3.01 Unfair Discrimination Dr. Takem uses the information gained in sessions with her patient Sam to charge an upgraded fee. Prior to learning about Sam’s inheritance the fee schedule was $45/session. After learning the additional information about the sizeable inheritance‚ Dr. Takem changed the fee schedule to $125/session. Her reasoning behind this was “the fee needs to be high for him to perceive the therapy as valuable and worth his effort and time”. 2. 3.04 Avoiding Harm Dr. Takem caused

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    Following Tradition The village lottery culminates in a violent murder each year‚ a bizarre ritual that suggests how dangerous tradition can be when people follow it blindly. Before we know what kind of lottery they’re conducting‚ the villagers and their preparations seem harmless‚ even quaint: they’ve appointed a rather pathetic man to lead the lottery‚ and children run about gathering stones in the town square. Everyone is seems preoccupied with a funny-looking black box‚ and the lottery consists

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    Ana Bruges “The lottery” The Lottery‚ a short story written by Shirley Jackson explains two of the most important aspects of humanity: traditions and rituals. The story takes place in a small town in New England where every year a lottery is held‚ most people would relate lottery to wining cash. In this lottery one person will be randomly choose to be stoned to death by the people in the village including their own family members. The lottery has been practiced for over seventy years by the townspeople

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