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    Summer is coming and what is the fruit that we enjoy eating in summer? If you thought of watermelon then you guessed it. It is really delicious and it is refreshing us in the hot days. Although there is one thing that many people are getting annoying when eating watermelons – the seeds. Many people are first removing the seeds then eating the watermelon and that takes some time to be done and that is the reason why the hate on the watermelon’s seeds is present. Also what many people do not know…

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    I did ask for fan questions, and I got a really great one here. Since you 're an acting coach, if you have someone who is thinking about acting for a career, how are you able to figure out if they have acting talent or not? Is there something you would recommend they do to determine if they have talent or not? You know, it 's easier than people think actually. Talent is insanely overrated. I think talent comes through hard work and learning the craft. I find this an interesting occupation I 'm…

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    ‘The Lottery” Criticism The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is termed as one the most bizarre stories about a town in England that is entangled in a trap of following traditions even though the traditions are not of their best interests. The town holds an annual lottery where one member of the society is randomly selected for sacrifice and gets stoned by the rest of the villagers. The story goes on to reveal that these gruesome traditions that goon in the village for decades despite…

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    his mother so desperately wants. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a story about townspeople who blindly conform to tradition and carry out a rather savage practice in an unexpected manner. Both stories use setting to convey a message. In “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, the setting becomes almost another character that is used to drive the plot forward and to explain the reason behind the action of the main characters. By contrast, the setting of “The Lottery” lulls the reader into a false sense…

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    The short story, “The Lottery,” written by Shirley Jackson begins on a pleasant summer day on June 27. For over seventy years, in a small, obliging, rural community populated with approximately three hundred people, a seemingly innocent lottery occurs. Shockingly, the ending unveils an inescapable horrific event. Readers can see the connections with other stories, such as “Hunger Games,” “Logan’s Run,” and “Battle Royal” that convey this idea that unquestionable sacrificial traditions will…

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    In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, the black box is a symbol of the town’s adherence to a strong yet poorly understood tradition. Jackson shows the strong attachment to the tradition when describing the current condition of the box. The current box is hardly a remnant of the original and yet, the townspeople refuse to make a new one, even though it is needed. Furthermore, Jackson uses the imagery of the black box to explain how the tradition has lost its potency over time. Finally the author…

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    Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, the central idea of tradition is portrayed from the beginning of the story. In “The Lottery”, townspeople are forced to gamble their lives by participating in an annual lottery. The short story shows the ignorance that individuals have toward traditions because of the time period of existence. Shirley Jackson uses the fiction elements of plot, character, and symbolism to illustrate the theme of tradition in “The Lottery”. Typically, the lottery consists of…

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    “The Lottery”; is begun by being depicted as “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day” (1). The blossoms are sprouting and the boys have quite out of school for the summer. To the regular audience, this story begins as a charming one, yet there is significantly more for the audience toward the end of the story. The setting drives the audience to trust this is your ordinary sort of town with typical individuals. Be that as it may, it isn't until…

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    It was a sunny, June afternoon. The breeze was coming downward, and the sun was beating down on the back of our necks; however, today wasn't the same as usual. “Come on crew, we’re half-way up Phillips”, yelled the crew leader ahead of the tired and gasping group. I had been scaling this mountain for the last 45 minutes, and was still noticing the same shrubs, loose gravel, and awkwardly bending trees I’d seen when I started the ascent. I looked down at my feet, struggling to get a footing on…

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    As previously said in DeLillos text sense of place translates into familiarity the, a familiarity that can only be achieved individualy, by each individual interaction with the thing with which it want to become familiar with. After Keith routine has been altered, and thus his familiarity with place, Keith not only tries retrieving the lost familiarity with the place through others’ memories, which renders useless, but he also try different routines; first, he takes up bringing his kid to school…

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