Jeffrey Kidd Final Copy 12 April 2013 Alabama State Lottery Many states have a state lottery. These lotteries can help out a state in many different ways. Lotteries can help provide many different ways of funding money to the state. They can help provide money for local groups and organizations such as schools‚ hospitals‚ and animal shelters. Alabama needs a state lottery because it does not have the proper funding to provide for those in need‚ provide help for the school systems‚ and it can
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The Color Black and Symbolism in “The Lottery” People are influenced by a variety of different sources – their parents‚ their friends‚ and their communities. While everyone must learn to make their own decisions‚ they often follow the beliefs of the people around them. Teenagers register to vote as a “Democrat” merely because their parents call themselves Democrats. Sometimes blindly following another’s influence can result in something much more severe‚ such as becoming a slave owner due to the
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The Hunger Games vs Divergent Books have an important influence in our life. They teach us something‚ they help us imagine and they help us create our own world so we can do whatever we what with it. Nowadays‚ teens have entered the world of reading. They read more than they used to but why? The answer it’s easy. They read because there are some writers that help them enter a whole new world and experience with it. Two of the most famous writers for teens are Suzanne Collins for “The Hunger
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dominant theme in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is the threats that come along with following traditions. The people of the village follow a tradition that has been going on for as long as they can remember because they rely on the fact that it will stop them from going back to their primitive ways. At first the tradition of partaking in the lottery does not seem so bad seeing as how it’s true nature is not revealed till the end. However‚ it is then revealed that the lottery is one unlucky villager
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Li‚ Mengxi M00084713 Section 3 March 25‚ 2013 Victor Chang The Impact of Winning the Lottery It’s estimated that that millions of people play lotteries every day. These include both the old and young generation. These include people that already have money and people who desperately need money. It seems that everyone wants to be a lottery winner! Winning the lottery can have a great impact on people’s daily lives which include positive influences and negative effects. Three of the impacts
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“The Lottery” is a short story written by Shirley Jackson that asks the same question. The narrator presents a small-town where a traditional lottery is held annually every summer on June 27th. The town’s people get together for a lottery (1). The reward is unknown at the beginning to reader‚ but increasingly becomes more apparent as the story continues to its climax. The reward is a sadistic random tradition in the form of murder by stoning. The killing‚ which is the purpose of the lottery‚ is foreshadowed
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ANALYSIS SAMPLE: Books vs computer games In a world where gaming consoles have become standard household items‚ there is much debate concerning the value of computer games versus the more conventional form of literary entertainment: books. Steven Johnson writes for the ‘The Times’‚ putting forth the view that computer games are a valid and valuable form of entertainment which increases problem solving skills while Boris Johnson‚ in an article posted on his own website‚ blames video games for a drop in reading
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Are sports too dangerous? Sports are fun‚ but they are also very dangerous at times. Let’s take Football for example. Football is one of America’s most important sports‚ but it is also one of the most dangerous sport ever. People see the fun and thrill of the game‚ but what they don’t see is how much people get hurt in them. Football players are a magnet to head injuries‚ hard hits‚ concussions mostly and many other death leading damage. All of these injuries and situations leading to death shows
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“The Lottery” is a short story by Shirley Jackson in which villagers in a small town participate in a barbaric tradition that involves killing one of their own. The story incorporates a large amount of symbolism‚ both through the use of objects as well as some names. These symbols tell us a few things about why this tradition continues on‚ primarily because of the fear of the unknown. Although to us‚ the lottery seems very morally wrong‚ the villagers consider the lottery just another normal part
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Many people play the lottery each and every day in hopes of one day receiving a large sum of money without the hassle of working hard for many years. While this many seem like the easy way out‚ winning the lottery for some can also be hard work that doesn’t always pay off but when it does the possibilities are endless. Out of everything I could possibly do‚ winning the lottery would allow me to travel to many places not only around the united states but also across seas to different islands and
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