Bradberry English 102 Instructor Freshwater September 14, 2015 Thesis Statement: Gambling is always a risky behavior, and whether it is for life or for money, success in never guaranteed. Within the fiction selections, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson and "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence winning a gamble are depicted as luck. It is clear in both of these selections that winning is not always a positive thing. Introduction: * Thesis statement * Opening statements
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The Lottery Outdated traditions are not often rejected by people because of people’s uneasiness towards the idea of change. In “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson uses irony to help portray this tendency in society. At the beginning of the story, the community members gather for an event that they do not enjoy being a part of. While they were waiting to hear the results of the lottery, the men holding the pieces of paper in their hands were “turning them over and over nervously” (5). This is ironic because
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The Lottery: Tradition and Cruelty Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" features a supposedly civilized village with barbaric traditions. At the beginning of the story, the townsfolk appear to be fairly civilized and seem to carry on modern lifestyles. This is assumed by the men at work and the children playing as if it were just an average day. The lottery was outdated to such a degree that some seen it as a cruel tradition no one could escape. On the other hand, some had believed that carrying on
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Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery Fiction Analysis Through common belief winning the lottery is a chance to easily enrich oneself with bountiful amounts of money and prosperity. Jackson’s “The Lottery” takes the connotation of the word ‘lottery’ and adds irony in all of its forms to it. Shirley Jackson toys with the reader's expectations and twists them to leave a surprise. Much of the reader's expectations of how a lottery should occur are being built up but the turn of this story makes it apparently
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2) Traditions are rituals or beliefs that connect a culture with its past. Adults feel that it is very important to follow these established customs and cannot even imagine rebelling against them although they may be hurtful in some ways. Shirley Jackson explores this premise in her short story ‘The Lottery’ where the oldest man in the village had been taking part in the ritual of the lottery for the past 77 years and his insistence about the practicing of the tradition for a more productive harvest
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Composition and Literature Liberty University Professor Rachel Downie 201540 Fall 2015 ENGL 102-D27 OUTLINE I. Introduction: a. Thesis Statement: Through scenery and characterization in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the violence in human nature is put to the test with what is right and what has become tradition. II. The Scenery: a. Scenery of lottery is so serene, peaceful, and beautiful compared to
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reader. However, its important to also understand that the human condition can be determined while reading different pieces of Gothic literature. In the short stories Bartleby, the Scrivener, written by Herman Melville and The Lottery, written by Shirley Jackson are both pieces of Gothic literature that can compare to each other because they discover different human conditions. When reading The Lottery we are introduced to a beautiful summer day, where the residents of a small town gather for an event
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Many people all around the world read short stories that were written by the author. Every short story shows a message or interpretation of the world. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” expresses her thoughts about humans and their atmosphere. For a fact, Shirley Jackson didn’t care about the level of psychology she wrote in her short story. Her main opinion is based on the thought of humans being barbaric when they are uncontrolled. She starts off describing the rural setting of a village right from
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Kate Chopin and Shirley Jackson are two renowned authors. They are recognized for their work and their excellent use of the word. “The Storm” is about a young married Creole woman who has an affair during a storm while her husband and son are away in town. In “The Lottery”, it is about how a town goes through a lottery to complete a village ritual. Each short story has its individual purpose. Although the authors do now know each other, the poems can be used together to explain the significant of
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The authors Shirley Jackson and Nathaniel Hawthorne, both frequently use different tone, style, symbols, and imagery within their stories “The Lottery” and “Young Goodman Brown.” Symbols are utilized as an enhancement tool to stress the theme of a story. The two short stories written by Jackson and Hawthorne are both thought provoking and full of evil. Many symbols are used to help develop the themes of both of the stories. The short stories both share the use of symbols, tone, style, and imagery
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