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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Orwell and the movie Hunger Games have very similar plots. Both the novel and movie include a government that uses propaganda‚ instills fear into its citizens‚ and manipulates the rules in order to achieve the outcome they desire. For example‚ in Animal Farm‚ when the rebellion takes place and Napoleon takes control he consistently tampers with the 7 commandments without any other animals noticing for the good of his own interest. This occurs in a similar way in Hunger Games when the head government
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to students and potential employees are flawed because she uses faulty generalization to point out only the dangers of using Facebook and she has no evidence to support the claims that she makes about Facebook being dangerous to users. Waite uses faulty generalization throughout most of her article. She explains how Facebook is used in a negative way by predators‚ stalkers‚ older male colleagues‚ and student’s‚ but she doesn’t tell of the positive ways that Facebook can be used. Lauren Tarshis‚
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The Lord of the Hunger Games It may come as a surprise that a novel taught in a tenth grade english class is strikingly similar to a currently popular book of the teenage population. A common theme relates William Golding’s classic novel‚ The Lord of the Flies‚ and the very popular teen heart-throb‚ The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The unifying motif is the underlying savagery and desperation to live that stands out within each person when survival mode is activated. Peeta‚ the love interest
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I loved this novel Lord Of The Flies for many reasons. As I read it I could find all the connections in it‚ like the book was meant to be a symbolism to World War II‚ and I really noticed methods of defense and attack‚ their reactions to what they saw on the island and to each other‚ this is what made me keep wanting to read as i read i noticed these items of sybolism that leads to bigger things ‚which made me enjoy read the book. I loved how it related to the study in human nature. The
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Armed and Dangerous For the purpose of this class‚ you asked us to read the book Armed and Dangerous: Memoirs of a Chicago Policewoman by Gina Gallo. I’ll be honest and admit that at first the book didn’t sound all too appealing‚ but it turned out to be an interesting and enjoyable read. Many of the chapters were highly interesting‚ taking an inside look at the duties of a Chicago police officer. Chapters dealt with illegal drugs‚ shady characters‚ brutal crimes‚ and other situations
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“The Lottery” Response Paper Shirley Jackson’s very intriguing short story‚ “The Lottery‚” was evidently quite the controversy when it first appeared in The New Yorker (Jackson 208). One can easily guess that the reason for such mass unrest was the story’s violent content. However‚ humanity is not always extremely kind; humans can be brutal creatures. In Ms. Jackson’s story‚ this theme of violence and cruelty is revealed‚ and one cannot help but wonder if all those New Yorker reviewers gave her
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When I first started reading the Hunger Games‚ I was struck with the dystopian world in which Katniss lives. The description of her father dying and leaving the burden of her distant mother and younger sister made me sympathize for Katniss. I also really liked the relationship between Katniss and Gale because even though they were brought together through necessity‚ their friendship is so easy and comfortable. It was heart wrenching that they had such a serious duty to their families‚ hunting illegally
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Retirement Plan Matthew Birkebak Marisela Valadez Alatorre Odds of winning the lottery • Chances of winning the lottery. • Odds for both the Mega Millions and Powerball. • Percentage of new friends after winning the lottery. • Odds of losing the money awarded from a lottery win. • Second chance drawings. Mega Millions Odds of winning:1 in 259 million on the jackpot $656M‚ Mega Millions‚ March 30‚ 2012 is the largest jackpot with 75 million tickets sold for drawing. Odds of
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modern day stories which all have the constant moral compass of straying from evil and relating to the good through actions and emotions. While it is believed by many that people’s actions shape their internal identity‚ is that really the case? Ender’s game raises this question with Peter symbolizing evil and portrays ultimate actions of good and Ender symbolizing good while portraying the actions of evil. With the toying of the readers perception of the stereotypical good and evil‚ Card proves in his
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