“The Lottery” is a dynamic short story with several motifs and ideas such as the power behind tradition and family. However‚ more importantly‚ it has a strong over arching theme that captures the dynamic nature of the short story: outer appearances can be deceiving. This reoccurring theme is illustrated by the idea of the lottery‚ and the nature of humanity as depicted in the story: weak and evil. The theme‚ outer appearances can be deceiving‚ is depicted by the short story’s concept of a lottery
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Writing Assignment: The Lottery. 1. Were does you surprised by the ending of the story? If not‚ at what point did you know what was going to happen? How does Jackson start to foreshadow the ending in paragraphs 2 and 3? Conversely‚ how does Jackson lull us into thinking that this is just an ordinary story with an ordinary town? I was really surprised by the ending of the story‚ because I really doesn’t know what it was going to happen‚ I think that the story is like a little mysterious but I never
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Paul Fallon Professor Vladick College Writing II 27 March 2013 The Lottery Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery is a short story about a small village that has an event every year called the lottery. Jackson does not let the reader know right away about the irony of the lottery; it is not something the villagers would want to win. Jackson does not give away the consequences of the lottery until the end of the story. Jackson applies some strong literacy devices in her story. She manages to manipulate
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When Shirley Jackson wrote “The Lottery” she received many letters from many horrified readers who were shocked by the seemingly realness of the story. Although the short story was fictional‚ the characters and situations the story symbolized were very much real. Jackson uses this symbolism to help convey her message: traditions should not be allowed to be unexamined and unchanged. One character‚ for whom the symbolism is so deep that she dies as a result of it‚ is Tessie Hutchinson
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A Night At The Movies: NAME: Date: 7/3/12 Points: ________/7.5 MOVIE: 28 Days 1. Briefly describe the plot of the movie: Gwen (Sandra Bullock) plays a party girl journalist from New York. Her sister is an uptight controlling bride to be. They were raised by an alcoholic single mother. At her sister’s wedding she arrived late and added another great disappointment to her sister as she fell into the cake and stole the limo to find a cake store. Gwen then crashed into a house and was
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Montana 1948 is a novel about the struggle between honesty and corruption. Discuss." It is without doubt that ’Montana 1948’ is a tale about the struggle between honesty and corruption. During the tragic events which took place in the ’Wild West’ town of Bentrock‚ isee the misuse of power and reputation through the tyrannical characters of Julian and Frank Hayden. However‚ despite the persona of his father and brother‚ Wesley Hayden contradicts his family name‚ and seizes to act honestly and with
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Scribd Upload a Document Search Documents Explore Sign Up|Log In / 8 Download this Document for Free him with his fists.He accompaniedevery blowwith a curse."I hope you die‚ youlittledemon‚"he said between sobs‚ forhewas crying and he could hardly see. Ambowriggled and struggled and tried tobite Baldo’s legs. Failing‚he buriedhis face inthe sand and howled lustily. Baldo nowleft him and ran tothe black-spottedpuppy which he caughtup in his arms‚ holdingitagainsthis
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Page 1 of 2 "On the Pulse of Morning" By: Maya Angelou "On the Pulse of Morning‚" is a poem written by Maya Angelou. In this poem‚ Angelou depicts personification. Personification is an element of literature in which an object or an animal is given human characteristics. Angelou uses personification to give the rock‚ the river‚ and the tree the ability to speak to the reader. In "On the Pulse of Morning"‚ Angelou writes " But today‚ the rock cries out to us
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The Craziest Morning So I awoke one morning to a phone call‚ my boss was on the other line. I remember him saying‚ “Hey man where are you? Do you know what time it is?” The only thought in my head was‚ “damn‚ I over-slept.” Sure enough I was right; I was in fact over thirty minutes late for work. I couldn’t believe it! As I began to apologize for being so late my boss interrupts me and says‚ “Just be here within the next thirty minutes if you want to keep your job!” Knowing how serious he was about
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A First Amendment Junkie By: Susan Jacoby Susan Jacoby (b. 1946)‚ a journalist since the age of seventeen‚ is well known for her feminist writings. “A First Amendment Junkie” (our title) appeared in the Hers column in the New York Times in 1978. It is no news that many women are defecting from the ranks of civil libertarians on the issue of obscenity. The conviction of Larry Flynt‚ publisher of Hustler magazine—before his metamorphosis into a born-again Christian—was greeted with unabashed
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