Collections Grade 10 Guiding Questions Collection 1 “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Read the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. Then‚ reread the lines indicated with each question below. Answer each question‚ citing text evidence. 1. Lines 1–10: Based on the first paragraph‚ explain what you can infer about the village and its people. The village seems to be very 2. Lines 1–18: Explain the tone in these lines. 3. Lines 38–40: Why might the author have chosen to write this sentence
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Why did Shirley Jackson write "The Lottery?" - Essay What was the real reason Tessie “won” the lottery? Because she came late‚ opposed the person in power by speaking of a flaw/protesting against the lottery. When the Hutchinson family draws the marked paper‚ she exclaims‚ “It wasn’t fair” singling her out and making her “win”. How does this relate to real life? It relates to real life because everything in this story symbolizes or relates to things people in the world do all the time. It may not
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Sake of a Symbol “Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.” - Alfred North Whitehead. To symbolize is to represent much like the Cowboy Ethics principle ‘Ride for the Brand’. A brand is a symbol used to mark an object in order to claim it as owned property by the entity the brand is specified to. The knowledge of symbolism has been my north star for what has seemed an infinite amount of time. To me representation and responsibility
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the time of Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson the controversy of separation of church and state was at its prime. This matter has long been an issue in our country’s history and the discussion continues today as we still struggle with the decisions of our forefathers. However‚ Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson played an important role in shaping the outcome of our country’s laws regarding the severance of church and state. Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson spoke out and taught about their views
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VIRGINIA ’S LOTTERY BENEFICIAL OR NOT? In 1987‚ Virginia residents voted on a referendum for a state-operated lottery‚ and even though‚ according to an article in the Richmond Times Dispatch on February 9‚ 2003‚ the majority of politicians believed that the state should not be "in the business of promoting gambling" (Robertson)‚ Virginians voted overwhelmingly for the lottery‚ and consequently the Virginia Lottery was born. According to the Virginia Lottery ’s Web site‚ in 1999 all proceeds
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I would object to the idea of “The Survival Lottery”. The proposal of the survival lottery mainly centres on the claim that there is no difference between killing and letting die‚ and that leaving Y and Z to die without any interventions would be the same as murdering them. Thus‚ instead of killing both Y and Z‚ the doctor should kill A‚ a third-party‚ and save both Y and Z’s lives‚ because such action would result in a total of one death instead of two. Since it would be begging the question to
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Is Lottery a Good Idea? Lottery is one of the best things that has ever happened to human kind especially those that dream high and but their dreams don’t come to life because they don’t have what it takes to make it happen. Lotteries are in various categories such as sweep stakes‚ scratch off‚ the Jackpot and even the green card lottery. The lottery that is being focused in this argument is the jackpot one. When individuals or people in general buy the lottery ticket their hopes are high‚ and they
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1. Should hospitals run lotteries to create revenue for their budgets? Why OR why not? Provide reasons. In my opinion‚ hospitals should run lotteries to create revenue for their budgets‚ Many hospitals today are lacking the required space for patients and staff. There are outdated machines still being used and the shortage of staff prevents the medical industry from delivering adequite health care. It would be beneficial for the hospitals to run lotteries. I will support this point of view by
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Warren Averett University 30 March 2014 Professor Buksar‚ MA It is very easy to understand why Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” caused controversy at the time it was first published in 1948; which was shortly after World War II. The story may have been seen as an attempt to look at traditions that have become questionable. In “The Lottery” Jackson attempts to compare real world traditions that are no longer relevant‚ with those of the story by displaying what happens when traditions
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It is through great suspense and irony that Shirley Jackson tells the story of a lottery in a small town. The result of the lottery is also left open to be interpreted by the reader. All this could not be done without the use of the third person objective point of view in which the story ‚“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ is told. Shirley Jackson uses situational irony as well as verbal irony to keep the readers on their toes and especially to keep the ending a surprise. Achieving this irony would
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