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    home. He spills his sister’s milk‚ he talks back to his father a “dust mop”. The one time the father does reprimand him‚ he continues his deplorable behavior. I think they may also be sending a mixed messages in their zeal for the next tale of Charles because all that is doing is allowing Laurie to relive and enjoy his school time antics. They seem like loving caring parents. But they are a bit naïve a bit thick when it comes to their own child

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    gathering stones in the town square. Everyone is seems preoccupied with a funny-looking black box‚ and the lottery consists of little more than handmade slips of paper. Tradition is endemic to small towns‚ a way to link families and generations. Jackson‚ however‚ pokes holes in the reverence that people have for tradition. She writes that the villagers don’t really know much about the lottery’s origin but try to preserve the tradition nevertheless. The villagers’ blind acceptance of the lottery

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    “The lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story. The story “The lottery” is about these people that keep their “tradition” “The lottery” is about murder. They use “The lottery” as a way to keep their population down and not grow to big. They Are also crazy cause they stone people to death and just like to watch people in pain. In “The Lottery”‚ Shirley Jackson uses symbolism to illustrates the themes of tone mood and symbolism which will help you better understand the story. One literary device

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    In Shirley Jackson’s "The Possibility of Evil"‚ the title is not appropriate because of the pleasant setting of the story. This can be proved by the respect that Miss Adela Strangeworth gave to the town and her nice as well as caring behavior towards the people in the town. Primarily‚ the setting of the story is calm and peaceful like a decent society. This can be proved by the quotation‚ " Miss Strangeworth’s little town looked washed and bright". This analyzes that in a little town everything

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    In the short story‚ “the Possibility Of Evil” ‚ Shirley Jackson uses several symbols to tell her storey about Miss. Strangeworth. One symbol she uses is Miss. Strangeworth’s roses. In the second paragraph of the short story‚ the author describes how Miss.Strangeworth’s admires her flowers. To her‚ they aren’t just “anything.” To her‚ the roses are like her children. Another symbol she uses is her letters whom were locked. Taking into consideration that she did not only write rude letters and mail

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    In the short story “The Lottery” published in 1948 by Shirley Jackson three years after World War 2. The story was originally published in the New Yorker. In the short story we follow the story on a small town of 300 people going through a lottery system. This short story has been recognized as a very powerful story with many layers of meaning that could be interpreted in many different which is why it is still apart of school curriculum. An interesting topic that comes from this story is the idea

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    unfairly‚ people could protest against unfairness or could obey the unfairness. “The Lottery‚” is a short story written by Shirley Jackson in 1948‚ shows dark sides hidden in people’s minds. This story was influenced after the World War Ⅱ‚ so people’s brutality from the war is reflected to this story. In this story‚ there is an annual lottery that the result of winning is stoned. Jackson uses symbolism to imply that blind obedience to tradition can be dangerous and people’s unconscionableness. At first

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    diagnoses let me to consider potential genetic and environmental causes for Jackson’s struggles. Also‚ the family’s report that they use their religious affiliation to explain other people’s behaviors in a judgmental manner may be contributing to how Jackson views himself. It would be helpful to gain a better sense of Jackson’s (spiritual or otherwise) values‚ which influences his worldview and self-understanding. Jackson’s report of depressed mood‚ diminished interest in educational activity‚ and suicidal

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    The story of “The Lottery”‚ written by Shirley Jackson is very different in terms of the ways you and I may see the lottery today. The lottery today is looked at as fun‚ entertaining and almost as a type of recreation for many Americans but not in this short story. The lottery in this story is the total opposite of the way we view it today. It does not deal with entertainment but it deals with your life literally‚ almost as if they are playing Russian roulette. But this all seems like a normal everyday

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    execution as a prize? In a fictional village from “the Lottery”‚ Tessie Hutcherson was stoned to death by family and friends when she wins a tradition lottery. Shirley Jackson‚ the author of “the Lottery” progresses through the story while throwing in subtle hints‚ acknowledging the change in Tessie‚ and the attitude of the villages. Shirley Jackson‚ the author of “the Lottery’ sets an eerie tone as she manipulates the reader using foreshadowing strategies and leads them to the story’s unexpected outcome

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