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time, the setting plays a big role in how the entire story plays out. The setting is where the entire story begins, even before the first chapter. In Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" the setting is a small town, maybe about 200 people live in this town. This setting fits the story, because the very nature of the lottery requires a small town, too many people in one place lowers the odds, and might mike it unfair. Also, from a storytelling point of view, a smaller town can imply that this…

historically defined identity, and a source of a sense of safety, specialness, or difference” (Graburn 9). In these two different societies there are both many similarities and differences between them. “The Lottery” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” are two stories that share a…

In her short story, “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson describes a small town’s obedience to tradition as villagers gather to determine which one of them will become that year’s human sacrifice. The lottery (considered a civic community event) takes place in the village square, in the corner of which is a pile of stones. As the villagers gather, the adults avoid the pile, but the young boys play near it, taking small stones to fill their pockets. The trappings of the lottery are described in detail…

The Lottery. Why do good people make bad choices? “The Lottery” is something that you wouldn’t expect to happen. In the lottery, some people really didn’t want to continue doing it. Some people only care about themselves during the lottery. Did people of the village know that the lottery was bad? People didn’t want to continue the lottery. People of the village wondered why they had to continue the lottery while other villages quit doing it. People of the village didn’t want to vote,…

person does something just because his ancestors did it before him, but the reason why has been lost. In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, they reveal the idea of following a certain tradition, but the characters do not really need the tradition anymore. In “The Lottery,” Jackson writes about a town coming together right before the harvest, and they have a lottery. The people draw out of a box and whoever draws the slip of paper with the black dot gets stoned…

- Demur - you’re straightway dangerous - And handled with a Chain - In Shirley Jackson’s intriguing short story “The Lottery,” the reader witnesses the power of conformity. The residents of the town take part in a barbaric stoning ceremony simply because it is a tradition from many years past. Most of the residents, even the older ones, can’t explain exactly why the lottery is necessary, but they participate in it anyway. In the poem “Much Madness is Divinest Sense” by Emily Dickinson, the…

American society is strongly rooted in the old traditions of its country. The nation has always been a desired destination for immigrants from countries all over the world. Consequently, the traditions practiced by the country as a whole can often be traced back to the roots of one of the many subcultures that make up American culture. One such tradition, practiced for Halloween, is the jack-o’-lantern. The jack-o’-lantern is made by hollowing the inside of a pumpkin and then carving a spooky…

Dystopia means a bad imaginary town or place. The Lottery and Monsters on maple street are examples of dystopia. In the Lottery it has examples of bureaucratic control and inhumane society. Monsters on maple street uses dystopia corporate control and imaginary things that weren’t there. The Lottery is a story about a little town which has a lottery every year and this year Mrs. Hutchinson won the lottery and the town wants to keep the population down and so if you win you die by…

Julie Otsuka’s novel Buddha in the Attic reminds me of the famous metaphor ‘The grass is greener on the other side”. ‘The other side’ is the right side of the fence that seems full of opportunities and possibilities to the folks standing on the left side of the fence. The story is about similar events that took place in the 1920’s in the United States of America which does a masterful job in relating this daring topic. As human beings, we all want to have better lives and living conditions, for…

There are many similarities and differences between “Can You Tell the Truth in a Small Town?” and “The Secret Society of the Starving”. In this two-text paper I will be discussing the similarities and the differences of communication in the communities from “Can You Tell the Truth in a Small Town?” and “The Secret Society of the Starving” such as the secrets within the communities, the struggle for control and the themes. There are secrets within the communities in both text. They cover up…