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    Plot Summary. .......It is an autumn evening along the Irish coast in County Mayo. Shawn Keough stops at Michael James Flaherty’s country pub to visit Flaherty’s daughter‚ Margaret‚ called Pegeen Mike by her family and friends. Keough‚ a fat young fellow devoid of wit or talent‚ means to marry pretty Pegeen‚ a spirited colleen of twenty who is minding the tavern in her father’s absence. But she entertains no fancy for Shawn. When he pesters her about the “good bargain” she would have in becoming

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    Analysis of Shirley Jackson’s: “The Lottery” by Cary Sanders English 1320-Section 15 Dr. J. Drummond April 2 ‚ 2015 Sanders i Outline Thesis Statement: People will often unquestionably follow tradition and the crowd without ever stopping to think about why they are doing what they are doing. I. Plot A. Summer Time B. Small Town II. Characters III. Theme of Story A. Blind Tradition B. Unquestioning Allegiance IV. Is it not ironic? A. Lottery equals death? B. Think before

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    Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton‚ 1924‚ 44m) Plot Segmentation I. Opening Title Cards A. Joseph M. Schenck presents Buster Keaton in “Projectionist”‚ A Metro Attraction B. Directed by Buster Keaton C. Story by Jean Havez‚ Joe Mitchell and Clyde Bruckman‚ Photography by Elgin Lessley and Byron Houck‚ Art Director‚ Fred Gabourie‚ Electrician‚ Denver Harmon D. Distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation‚ Controlled by Loew’s Incorporated E. Passed by the National Board of Review II. Act One A.

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    Lotteries Cheat‚ Corrupt The People In “Lotteries Cheat‚ Corrupt The People” George F. Will argues that lotteries have done nothing but corrupt and cheat the people of this country. Will compares gambling to a game of jai alai saying it is a “game for the entertainment of gamblers and the benefit of‚ among others‚ the state treasury.” However‚ I disagree completely and truly believe that lotteries do much than that. Lotteries give personal enjoyment to those who are gambling and hope to those who

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    “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story that presents an annual mandatory lottery where each “head” of the family comes up to draw a paper. The family with the head who picks the paper redraws as a whole‚ and the “lucky winner” gets stoned to death. Villagers in the town originally performed the lottery from the belief that a sacrifice brought better crops to the village. Now‚ however‚ the villagers‚ who have forgotten the purpose‚ continue just because it is a tradition. In the beginning

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    Jackson’s story "The Lottery" was published in the June 28‚ 1948 issue of the New Yorker it received a response that "no New Yorker story had ever received": hundreds of letters poured in that were characterized by "bewilderment‚ speculation‚ and old-fashioned abuse."1 It is not hard to account for this response: Jackson’s story portrays an "average" New England village with "average" citizens engaged in a deadly rite‚ the annual selection of a sacrificial victim by means of a public lottery‚ and does so

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    Essay Thesis and Outline Thesis Statement In the short stories “The Lottery” and “The Destructors” even though the stories are in two different settings and time frames‚ the characters and tone of the stories are similar in the fact the characters are subject to difficult challenges of the environments they are living in. Outline The Setting The setting of the Lottery The setting of the Destructors The Characters 1. The Lottery main characters 2. The Destructors main characters Conclusion 1

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    interest or sympathy in the audience. I therefore used the characters‚ themes and plot found in Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery as the basis of my broadcast element because this text is a disquieting critique on the violence and inhumanity we hear about on a perpetual basis that evokes emotion in nearly everyone who reads it. In my feature story‚ I describe the barbaric traditions of a seemingly convivial town where a lottery is conducted on an annual basis. The villagers are required to gather in the square

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    Kouyialis EN102: Composition II Professor Eklund The Lottery by Shirley Jackson: An Analysis The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was written in 1948 and takes place in a small town‚ on the 27th of June. In this story‚ the lottery occurs every year‚ around the summer solstice. All families gather together to draw slips of paper from a black box. When reading this story‚ it is unclear the full premise of the lottery until near the end. The heads of households are the first

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    my deep concern regarding the annual lottery. As I speak on behalf of the villagers‚ we are all aware that the lottery is conducted under your supervision and is held in the square located between the post office and the bank. On the morning of June 27th‚ an estimate of three hundred people will assemble to witness and participate in stoning one of our fellow‚ chosen villagers to death. Within the eyes of a citizen‚ I stand by the belief that the annual lottery is utterly inhumane and iniquitous.

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