...THE LOTTERY When people talk about lottery, the first things in mind are luck and fortune. Every day, there’s a new winner somewhere on Earth, whose life has been changed forever, and everyone else is fantasizing about the perks of being a lottery winner. But sometimes, the common notion of a lottery winner is completely different from reality. A perfect example, is the story “the Lottery”, where an innocent, yet unlucky woman wins the lottery and the prize of getting stoned to death. Even though this sounds dramatic and brutal in our ears, it is not far from what is happening right now, in other countries in the world. But we don’t see it as a tradition, as they do in the story. The stoning of the “winner” is an annual tradition for the villagers; “Every year, after the lottery, Mr. Summers began talking again about a new box, but every year the subject was allowed to fade off without anything's being done.” What is noticeable about this tradition was, that many of the villagers don’t seem to really understand why this is even a tradition. “Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.” The fact that the villagers had forgotten the original ritual indicates that it doesn’t really mean a lot to them. They are doing it more for habit than desire. The stoning of Tessie Hutchinson does not involve any form of prosecution or criminal acts whatsoever, and is completely based on bad luck. The rest of the...
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...“Sacrifice” it is to offer or give up something for the benefit of something else. Sacrifice is the theme of the short stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by author Ursula K. Leguin. The setting of both the stories is overall the same. The stories in the beginning are picturesque. “The Lottery” sets place in a quaint peaceful town and is clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.” The Lottery is held every year and the readers assume that the gathering of the people in the town square is a positive significance for winning the lottery but the author briefly mentions about what the future holds, before the story unfolds. For instance the children picking up stones and “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the...
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...Also by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (in Latin) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Quidditch Through the Ages The Tales of Beedle the Bard Copyright First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Little, Brown and Hachette Digital Copyright © J.K. Rowling 2012 The moral right of the author has been asserted. All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. ‘Umbrella’: Written by Terius Nash, Christopher ‘Tricky’ Stewart, Shawn Carter and Thaddis Harrell © 2007 by 2082 Music Publishing (ASCAP)/Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)/March Ninth...
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...The cover of a short story or book is the first thing a reader sees before opening to create their own vison of the text. Because of this, the cover can be important to allude to the story inside. Even the smallest details on the cover can foreshadow deeper meaning than one might realize. The cover alone can potentially stand as its own story. For these reasons, I chose this cover by Adelaide C. Rooney for “The Lottery” because it illustrates the theme of the short story in a simple yet effective way. Rooney’s drawing capture’s Shirley Jackson’s story by highlighting the key component of innocence, while simultaneously displaying unique imagery of the text on the cover, and foreshadowing of the story itself. One reason this cover is a perfect fit for “The Lottery” is its...
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...Also by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (in Latin) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Quidditch Through the Ages The Tales of Beedle the Bard Copyright First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Little, Brown and Hachette Digital Copyright © J.K. Rowling 2012 The moral right of the author has been asserted. All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. ‘Umbrella’: Written by Terius Nash, Christopher ‘Tricky’ Stewart, Shawn Carter and Thaddis Harrell © 2007 by 2082 Music Publishing (ASCAP)/Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)/March Ninth Music...
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...Business Ethics Case Terry Baer BUS 415 October 17, 2011 Eric Nord Business Ethics Chapter 3 Problem 3.5 The National Enquirer, Inc., is a Florida corporation with its principal place of business in Florida. It publishes the National Enquirer, a national weekly newspaper with a total circulation of more than 5 million copies. About 600,000 copies, almost twice the level in the next highest state, are sold in California. The National Enquirer published an article about Shirley Jones, an entertainer. Jones, a California resident, filed a lawsuit in California state court against the National Enquirer and its president, who was a resident of Florida. The California lawsuit sought damages for alleged defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Calder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783, 104 S.Ct. 1482, 79 L.Ed.2d 804, Web 1984 U.S. Lexis 4 (Supreme Court of the United States). 1. What kind of paper is the National Enquirer? The National Enquirer is a weekly newspaper sold throughout the nation with its headquarters in Florida (Cheeseman, 2010). The National Enquirer is a widely known newspaper about tabloids that focuses on scandalous events that involved celebrities and/or politicians. There are times when the National Enquirer has been questioned about how the writer and/or newspaper have received their information about the event. The National Enquirer has also faced multiple lawsuits as a result of the events in question. 2. Was it...
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...Anne of Green Gables Brooke Gillis L.M. Montgomery Section 001 Bantam Books, 1908 Main Characters: Anne Shirley, Marilla Cuthbert, Matthew Cuthbert, Diana Barry, Gilbert Blythe, Rachel Lynde, Mrs. Allen, Miss Stacy Setting: Prince Edward Island, Canada Plot: This story is about a girl named Anne Shirley who arrives at Green Gables at the age of eleven. The general plot of this story is mainly about Anne’s life at Green Gables. At the beginning of this story, Anne seems to be a talkative, hardheaded, selfish little girl. As the book progresses, however, Anne continuously learns from past mistakes, and she grows up to be a respectable, responsible, and hard-working woman. By her experiences, and the people she meets, Anne Shirley becomes a mature woman that everybody loves. Theme: One of the biggest themes throughout this book was the inner conflict between imagination and reality. From the beginning of the book, Anne’s imagination always got the best of her but as time went on, she learned how her imagination could be harmful but was able to learn and grow from it. Literary Strengths: One of the biggest strengths that I saw in this story was the depiction of the characters. I believe that the author made each character so unique but combined them all in a way to create such an admirable story. Literary Weaknesses: A weakness that I saw in this book was all of the descriptions that the author wrote about. At times, I believe the author went into...
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...A Literary Analysis of Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’ By Artavia J. Williams College Composition B ENG 1123 Sean Millligan 10/29/12 An Atmosphere of Irony Shirley Jackson uses irony and foreshadowing in the beginning of The Lottery delivers a mood of calm and normalcy. Jackson provides a picture of a typical town on a normal summer day. However, Jackson uses the setting in The Lottery to foreshadow an ironic ending. Jackson begins The Lottery by creating the setting, she is informing the reader to what time of day and what time of year the story takes place. Thereby, getting the reader to focus on what a normal day it is in this small town. She also describes that school has just recently let out for summer break, letting the reader infer that the time of year as early summer. She continues to describe the grass as "richly green" and that "the flowers were blooming profusely" (133). These descriptions of the surroundings make the reader feel comfortable about the setting as if there was nothing wrong in this quaint town. The town is first mentioned in the opening paragraph where the location is set in the town square. She puts in aspect the location of the square "between the post office and the bank" (133). This provides a visual of what a small town this is, by most things being centralized at or near the town square. Jackson continues to create a normal, everyday atmosphere while describing the residents of the town. First, she describes the children gathering...
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...The Lottery Today, there are many traditions that people take part in but have no idea why. It seems that whatever someone grows up seeing the people around them doing, they will do as well. For example: popping fireworks on New Year’s and July 4th, or trick-or-treating on Halloween. Most people don’t know why they do these things, it’s just tradition. In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, it’s a tradition for the people to hold a lottery every year and most of them don’t even know why. From little kids on up to senior citizens, everyone in the village participates in the lottery. The lottery is where the 300 people living in the village gather together and everyone draws a slip of paper from a box. Whoever’s paper has a black dot in the center gets stoned to death by the rest of the villagers. It doesn’t seem like something that someone would want to partake in, but everyone does simply because its tradition. This story is a prime example of why blindly following tradition is weak. Anything that a person does in this world, they usually know why they are doing it, and most of the time it’s because they choose too. However, when it comes to tradition most people do not know why they are participating in certain things; and in situations like this one, that could be dangerous. The author starts the story with a sense of liberation. “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass...
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...A Critical Assessment of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson, author of “The Lottery”, was born in San Francisco in 1919, but moved to Rochester, New York when she was a teenager. She later attended the University of Rochester, but due to a bought severe depression, which would plague her throughout her entire life, she had to drop out of school. Jackson later graduated from Syracuse University, and soon moved with her husband. Stanley Edgar Hyman, to Bennington, Vermont. While there she devoted herself to writing a fixed amount of words each day. Pieces she wrote varied from novels, The Road Through the Wall, various psychological thrillers such as Hangsaman, The Haunting of Hill House, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and many articles for various magazines including Good House Keeping, generally about the difficulty of housekeeping and raising 4 children. Jackson claims that her motivation for writing the magazine articles was for the money they provided. “The Lottery” was published in The New Yorker in 1948, and that specific issue of the magazine was very quickly sold out. When Jackson first sent the story to the publisher, Harold Ross, he wasn’t exactly sure what the story was about nor what the meaning was. He called Jackson and asked if she had anything to tell the readers if they were to call up to the magazine asking questions about the story, and she simply responded with “No.” To her it was simply a story that she has written. When asked about...
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..."Coco Chanel wasn't just ahead of her time. She was ahead of herself. If one looks at the work of contemporary fashion designers as different from one another as Tom Ford, Helmut Lang, Miuccia Prada, Jil Sander and Donatella Versace, one sees that many of their strategies echo what Chanel once did. The way, 75 years ago, she mixed up the vocabulary of male and female clothes and created fashion that offered the wearer a feeling of hidden luxury rather than ostentation are just two examples of how her taste and sense of style overlap with today's fashion." Coco Chanel represented a shrewd businesswoman, who defined aspects of the entire fashion industry. As a designer, her business acumen was undeniably one of the best in the business, although her methods in many instances were questioned in the past, due to dalliances with married men and dealings with the Nazis. Born in Saumur, France in 1883, Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel's life was far from ideal. If you examine her childhood and early years, the periods in no way reflect the image people think of, when they hear the name of the luxurious label. At the young age of 12, her mother died of tuberculosis and her father placed her in an orphanage. While living in the orphanage -- she learned a useful and important trade from the nuns who raised her -- that of a seamstress. Her skills as a seamstress would ultimately transform her destiny, and the toughness of her childhood is reflected in how she engaged with the world...
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...“The Lottery” and “The rocking Horse Winner” This paper will compare and contrast two fictional short stories. They have differences that are extreme and similarities that are obvious. I will compare and contrast “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence. Both stories had the reader in great suspense and irony is very intriguing. The similarities that take place in the setting for ‘The Lottery” and “The Rocking Horse Winner appear to be credible. “The Lottery” is held in a village where all the citizens are present. It is summer, the flowers are blooming and the children are playing, The fathers are gathered together talking about crops and harvest with their wives close by their side. In “The Rocking Horse Winner” the mother is married into money that soon diminished. There is never enough money to satisfy the debt in the household. Surely these things are possible. Her son Paul longed to have her love at any cost. Once his mother told him his father wasn’t lucky, he set out on a quest to win her love through luck. The lack of love, affection and attention can happen in a household stressed by debt. The symbol used in both stories is a human sacrifice. In “The Lottery” the entire town desires to sacrifice a human life in hopes to be blessed with an abundance of crops. In “The Rocking Horse Winner” sacrifice is the sons own life. His needed to gain his mother’s love through luck. He rides his rocking horse daily in hopes to acquire...
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...PAPER INTERDICIPLINARY LITERATURE “THE LOTTERY” [pic] Compiled by : Nida Agniya Septiara (F1F010038) Laeli Fadilah (F1F010052) Lisa Ayu Christiana Putri (F1F010022) Yunita Marangin Lumbantoruan (F1F010084) JENDERAL SOEDIRMAN UNIVERSITY SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE FACULTY HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT ENGLISH LITERATURE 2013 INTRODUCTION In this paper, we would like to highlight in the point of view of woman. We think it is interesting enough to be discussed. Shirley Jackson seems want to deliver a message related with woman position in the society in the period of the making of the novel. We see that the male character on this story mostly has good position and description while the female character only became a minor character which didn’t have any significant position in the novel. Eventhough the major character, Tessie Hutchinson, is a woman but she got ironic destiny in the end of the story. Many sentences and phrases are quoted through the article to illustrate the women's weakness and the men's power, the notion usually called “men’s control of the dominant discourse” in Beauvoir's words. There are some keys in the story showing that women are not satisfied with their ways of lives and try to change their current situation. 1. Woman’s order is less considered than man’s order ...
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...Yosselin Gonzalez Professor Gautam 25 April 2016 Unfair Punishments In “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson speaks about a game that is played every year that ends in death. Over the years this small town got accustomed to playing the lottery. It is a game of fun to the women, the men, and the children even if it ends in death. “The Lottery takes the classic theme of man’s inhumanity to man and gives it an additional twist: the randomness inherent in brutality. It anticipates the way we would come to understand the twentieth century’s unique lessons about the capacity of ordinary citizens to do evil” (Franklin). “The Lottery is definitely compared to the twentieth century due to the fact that they have a tradition to play a tragic game every year. Also their is no upper hand to stop this game everyone plays it and feels no remorse. “Trifles” is a play about a woman who gets accused of murdering her husband. “Though the play is celebrated as an early feminist drama, it stands on its own as an engrossing story. In the tale, two women, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, gradually uncover the motive for a murder, while their male counterparts are blinded by ignorance and insensitivity” (Jaworowski). The Attorney, Sheriff, a neighbor, and two of the men’s wives accompanied them to searched Mrs. Wrights house to see if they can find clues on why she would have murdered John Wright. The men enter the house with eyes of legal investigators while the two women enter the house with trying to understand...
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...Alvin D. Parnell Jr. August 26, 2014 2nd Block 1. Were you surprised by the ending of the story? If not, at what point did you know what was going to happen? How does Jackson foreshadow the ending? Conversely, how does Jackson lull us into thinking that this is just an ordinary story with an ordinary town? I wasn’t really surprised by the ending of the story. I really didn’t know what was going to happen but I had a feeling that something bad was about to when Jackson wrote about the stones being gathered in huge piles. Jackson foreshadowed the ending by telling the reaction of the crowd when the paper was drawn. I think that he made us think this was ordinary by saying all the towns had done it and it was a tradition. 2. Where does the story take place? In what way does the setting affect the story? Does it make you more or less likely to anticipate the ending? The setting made it easier to predict the ending because if you think about it, no matter where, in history “we are gathering of the entire town means one of two things”; it is either good news or it is bad news. The color of the box also gave away that something bad was going to happen. 3. In what ways are the characters differentiated from one another? Looking back at the story, can you see why Tessie Hutchinson is singled out as the "winner"? She was the chosen as the “winner” because she was the one that was saying the drawing was unfair. I feel that like the story chose her because no body likes...
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