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chant and salute, but still continue to participate in the lottery each year. "There was a story that the present box had been made with some pieces of the box that had preceded it, the one that had been constructed when the first people settled down to make a village here." ("Themes and Construction: 'The Lottery '.") So before the current box got all shabby again, there was another box before that which says how long the lottery has actually been around. For a fact, we know it has been around…

The old king? In the village of Crete?” Off Zeus went to a small village on the island of Crete where the old king lived. When Zeus had just started ruling Mount Olympus, he gave the old king a box that contained entertainment. All music, dancing, reading, and writing were contained in that one small box. Continuing on, Zeus thought it would be best to disguise himself. Zeus turned himself…

of light cross over inside the camera.” The restriction of light is key in the creation of a pinhole camera. Any box that will not allow the entrance of light will work in the creation of a pinhole camera. To bring a pinhole camera into fruition the inside of the box has to be painted black solely off the fact that it has to stop the refection of light as it enters the box. After the box is painted black and is seemingly lightproof, the pinhole can be then be created. In the year 1475 Paolo…

Mathematics. Katherine Johnson contributed to space exploration by working backwards to make project mercury a success, Johnson also worked on the calculation that allowed the Apollo astronauts to return home from the moon, and to look at the black box data from crashed airplanes. To begin with Katherine Johnson once worked backwards to make mercury a success which was one of her contributions. Katherine Johnson once said ''You tell me when you want it and where you want it to land, and I'll…

The symbolism of the black box in this short story helps to portray the theme of tradition. The black box is the box that holds all the slips of paper when the lottery takes place. The black box has replaced once since the tradition started, but no one has bothered to replace it again out of sake for tradition: “The black box grew shabbier each year: by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color, and in some places faded or stained…

changing the standard Alpha phone could put the company reputation at risk. Thus causes our name to be ruined from the manufacturing and supplying of an inferior product leading to reviews that are not reputable to our company by consumer advocates. Big Box may not agree to accept the new phone as part of the contract leading to a voided contract thus losing revenue for Clear…

v. Davis, the owner of a locker gave police officers permission to search the contents of a locker which included the defendant’s belongings and an unlocked metal box that held cocaine. The appellate court held that the consent to search was authorized and constitutional, and affirmed that there was a two prong test use to analyze whether the consent of the third party was valid. The party must have access to the…

Shirley Jackson’s short story, “The Lottery”, discusses the problems of old tradition. Newer generations have questioned the old hierarchies and beliefs of their ancestors, persuading others to change their society with new ideas. For example, Jesus spend his ministry with sinners, tax collectors, and Gentiles to show the Pharisees and Sadducees that he came to save the lost, which broke the law of Moses (Matthew 9:9-13). The changes of old tradition to new tradition does not stop there; the…

these men work very hard to make sure that the rituals are preserved to satisfy those like Old Man Warner who cling to the tradition. The town gathers together to begin the lottery. Mr. Summers approaches the front of the group of people with a black box with hundreds of slips of paper inside and a three-legged stool…

black wooden box. Mr. Graves, who is following Mr. Summers, is carrying a three-legged stool. The villagers will draw slips of paper from the black box. The old worn looking black box is a tradition that the villagers will not change. The box is falling apart, but no one is willing to replace it. Why is this box symbolic? In history, the box was revealed to be “wood color,” and “had been constructed by the first people who settled down to make villages” (Nebeker 1). The present box was…