Choice Will a bad choice‚ lead you to your own murder? In the story “The Lottery”‚ we witness the murder of a woman as a form of sacrifice; the villagers must attend that event to follow their tradition‚ which doesn’t give them a choice to think for themselves. In the films: The Second Renaissance I&II‚ we witness the murder of humans and violence between both the robots and humans‚ robots wanted peace‚ but the human choose not to‚ leading them to their destruction. In Matriculated‚ we witness the
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Shall We Walk? by Pura Santillan-Castrence This essay was written during the Japanese Occupation but it is as relevant today as it was then. I wrote an article some years ago on the benefits of walking. My automobiled friends praised the article politely enough‚ they liked it (at least they said so); the points were well taken; people should really walk more; it took someone like me to show in such graphic terms what could have been clear to everyone before… then they went on their morning-till-night
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A tradition can be the best thing ever or a horrible thing. People all over the world have tradition‚ even you. Nevertheless‚ in the Lottery‚ the village has a tradition that they do every year. Their tradition is killing one person per year. The village thinks that by killing one person would give them more corn to survive. The gathering starts on June 26th and finishes on the 27th.The village gathers by the square.The square is between the post office and the bank. When everyone is there‚ the
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A Long Walk to Water is a creative non-fiction story about the life of one of the Lost Boys from South Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War; whose name is Salva. His journey wasn’t the easiest in fact he was at risk for dying at any given second. There were multiple factors contributing to his survival‚ his uncle‚ determination‚ and physical resources. Salva’s uncle was one of the main factors. He gave Salva the will to go on so he doesn’t lose sight of what’s important. Traveling across the
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of the lottery is a theme not directly answered throughout the short story. However the motif of tradition revolves around the course of the lottery triggering debates on whether some controversial traditions should be changed or even abolished. Our forefathers created many traditions around the world centuries ago‚ which leaves less debate on whether these traditions are ethical. The effects of these traditions leave sometimes damaging legacies on our behaviour as humans. In “The Lottery”‚ the effects
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The story titled The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson is an interesting story with an unpredictable ending. The story tells us about a tradition in a small town which is held every year. The tradition is called ‘the lottery’ where the ‘winner’ will be stoned to death. Actually it is a horrible tradition‚ but in the story it is considered usual‚ and even acceptable in the society. There are several irony that we can see in the story according to that ‘scapegoat’ tradition. One of the irony is the
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Introduction The article I chose to do my reaction paper on is the shooting death of the person who won the lottery. His name was Craigory Burch Jr and he was 20 years old. He won nearly half a million dollars from the Georgia lottery Fantasy 5 in November. After I watched the video and read the article I felt really bad for Craigory and his family. The man went from being lucky winning the lottery‚ to now being cursed from it. This New Year just got started‚ and now his family has to bury him over
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Jackson‚ "The Lottery" – Discussion and Analysis Questions Answer the following questions in complete sentences on your own paper. Provide quotations (with page/line numbers) from the story to support your answers. 1. Why has Jackson chosen common people for her characters? Could she have chosen characters from other levels of sophistication with the same effect? What is the irony of the tone of this story? 2. What seems to have been the original purpose of the lottery? What do people
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Who were the Iroquois tribes? There were five tribes in the original Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk‚ Seneca‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Cayuga tribes. Later a sixth nation‚ the Tuscarora tribe‚ joined the confederation. - How was the Iroquois Confederacy organized? The Iroquois Confederacy‚ also known as the Iroquois League‚ was governed by the Iroquois Great Council. Each Iroquois nation sent between eight and fourteen leaders to the Great Council‚ where they agreed on political decisions
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Paige Burton October 16‚ 2017 Comp. 1 4th hour Movie Review Walk The Line The movie Walk The Line is based on the famous singer Johnny Cash’s real life. Johnny Cash grew up in the Great Depression era. He had a rough childhood‚ especially when he lost his older brother at a young age. When Johnny was old enough he moved out of his house‚ away from his family‚ and joined the Air Force‚ he was stationed in Germany. Johnny found his love of music there‚ and bought his first guitar. The first song he
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