If I won the lottery this would be the best feeling ever but it may also be very challenging as well. Winning the lottery would change everything completely. It would change the way I look‚ walk‚ and even talk. If I won the lottery the challenges that I know I would face are my friends becoming my enemies‚ I wouldn’t be able to receive no benefits or help from the state‚ and materialistic things that I would not need in my life. First‚ my friends becoming my enemies because your friends
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difficult situations. That’s one of the reasons people are so attracted to dystopian literature; they’re fascinated by the terrible things these characters face. One of the most popular short stories is “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. The story is about a small community that holds an annual lottery. The story starts off in such a bright and happy tone. Jackson writes‚ “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny‚ with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and
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positions that developed a “built-in hierarchism” (http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7eCAP/PURITAN/purhist.html#pil‚ 3). Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson believed and preached “Individualisme” Puritan ideas further than they were meant to go in the context of the colony’s hierarchal society (http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7eCAP/PURITAN/purhist.html#pil‚
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After watching the “Lottery”‚ I was extremely in awe of how people treat charter schools. I myself never had the opportunity to attend a charter school‚ but I do never thought people felt so strong about them. The PTA were against a school system that could help better educate their children. Looking at the way the parents reacted was heart breaking. I would think‚ that these parents would want their children to receive the best education that they can get‚ regardless of what the school is‚ but that
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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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In the short stories‚ The Lottery and The Hedge‚ the identity of the female and male characters are represented very similarly. Both stories exemplify‚ male and female characters occupying their own‚ respective‚ traditional gender roles. The individual identity of women in the two stories conveys the traditional identity of women in the 20th century. The women in the two stories are depicted to be stay at home housewives‚ while the men are portrayed as dominant and controlling. The female character
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consequences. In “The Lottery‚” the fortunate or in this case the unfortunate winner would be stoned to death. “The people of the village began to gather in the square‚ between the post office and the bank‚ around ten o’clock” (Jackson 1). This quote shows that the lottery runs on tried-and-true process‚ and the whole town passionately followed the ritual. The participants were of the view that the sacrifice would bring in bountiful corn during harvest time. In “The Lottery‚” Shirley Jackson proficiently
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Queenie Chen 11/28/2012 If I Win the Lottery When I was a little kid‚ I always day dreaming that if I were born in a rich family‚ and I was treated like a princess. How wonderful is that! Or in one day‚ if I win the lottery for five millions what am I going to do with my money? If I win five million dollars‚ the first thing I would do is to buy a big and comfortable single house for my family. And ask them to quit their job. It is because my parents have been working for so many years. I noticed
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in interrogation rooms. With white painted walls and chrome/silver appliances. I viewed the café as somewhere that the old man could find order and confront the familiar nothingness‚ but I didn’t think the café was anywhere he wanted to be. “The Lottery” was a controversial story written by Mrs. Shirley Jackson. She introduced her audience to an unusual and peculiar ritual held annually in a small village. It was a ceremony in which each resident had the same chance of being murdered‚ and it was
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At first glance‚ Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" seems like a shocking horror story meant to thrill the reader with an unexpected twist and create a sense of uneasiness. The lottery‚ at first‚ appears to be left up to chance‚ and the ’winner’ is just one unlucky citizen of the village. However‚ if the reader takes on an analytical perspective while reading through this story‚ a common reference to ancient tradition surfaces. After considering the literary elements used‚ the underlying theme of barbarism
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