work‚ Shirley Jackson communicates to the reader the theme of scapegoatism along with its implications concerning traditions. In the village where this lottery takes place‚ we find many familiar elements: a post office‚ a grocery store‚ schools and a coal mine. In this village‚ Mr. Summers owns the coal mine‚ so his business has made him the wealthiest man in the village. Mr. Summers also controls the annual lottery. He is somewhat uncomfortable with his authority but has chosen to carry on with the
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his earlier preconception on rain clouds and realize that rain provides water which is a necessity in the Botswana desert. It is required to grow the crops‚ vegetation‚ and quench the cattle’s thirst‚ who provide the only source of income in the village. Moreover‚ the rain clouds symbolize the villagers of Golema Mmidi getting together once they realize through Makhaya and Gilbert that by co-operating they can achieve much more then they could individually. They join forces against Matenge because
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Chinua Achebe’s short story "The sacrificial Egg" illustrates the life of a young African native Julius Obi‚ and the arising conflicts between two cultures. This short story takes place in a very small village in Africa‚ called Umuru in the mid 1900’s. This young African Native‚ although no native of Umuru finds himself trapped between his own culture‚ beliefs and the westernized culture. Although Julius has embraced the western culture‚ after certain events he eventually finds himself coming back
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A mysterious stranger wanders into the small mountain village of Viscos with eleven gold bars in his possession. He buries the first ten in a particular spot in the surrounding forest‚ and places the eleventh in a different location‚ all of this unbeknownst to the villagers. He then brings Miss Chantal Prym‚ a Viscos villager longing for the big city‚ into the forest with him and shows her the location of the gold bars. He then proposes a deal: if she can convince the townspeople to kill any nonspecific
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Despite the poverty in her tiny rural village‚ Mariatu’s first few years are happy ones‚ filled with friends‚ games and chores. Mariatu’s father has two wives‚ neither of whom seems very pleasant. Mariatu is given to an auntie to raise‚ which likely would have been a great idea had the village not been attacked by rebels. At the age of 12‚ Mariatu had her hands amputated by boy-rebel soldiers. She had been previously raped and impregnated by an older man in the village who wanted to marry her. Despite
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and Shinto form rituals and traditions which would then later shape the ceremonies that the community partake in. These ceremonies are essentially festivals that villages put together to show respect and acknowledgement for a certain religion or an important event. Festivals are done with the most dedication among everybody in a village or town‚ and it is this dedication that proves how important festivals are to the community. Essentially‚ the religion is the driving force behind a culture ’s communal
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Evaluation “Stone Soup” is a folktale written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth. The story takes place in a Chinese village that previously underwent famine‚ floods‚ and war. Together three monks attempt to show
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priest‚ he’s trying to convey that living in the past is undesired by him‚ and should be by all villagers‚ therefore‚ the path passing through the school‚ should be reconstructed around the yard. This could result in a more modern lifestyle for the village. Michael doesn’t like living within tradition. Michael’s way of thinking is conflicted when he’s speaking with the priest. The priest is traditional and open-minded. Although he doesn’t see eye to eye with the headmaster‚ he’s a receptive person.
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LOYALTY “I would die for you.” says boyfriend to the girlfriend.These four words are of great importance in regards to loyalty.What is loyalty?What does a person mean by saying I am loyal to you? This essay critically examines/discusses/traces the topic “loyalty.” When we look up to the dictionary to find out what loyalty means‚what we come across is some kind of definition like the state or quality of being loyal;faithfulness to commitments or obligations.But still this definitinion sort of
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families nearby the factories and the industries where they were employed. Towns grew bigger to form cities gradually. People from villages since ages have perpetually migrated to towns and cities in search for better life‚ better opportunities for employment and better exposure. Villages arc left only for traditional farming. Besides agriculture and animal husbandry‚ villages now provide no other opportunities. Due to unfriendly weather conditions such as drought‚ famines or floods‚ even agriculture
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