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Mustafa Almarhun Profesoor Megan Miller English 200-001 20 October 2015 Effects of Tradition and Culture as Depicted in “The Lottery” Character: Mr. Summers Plot: tradition is a way of life of a people, “The Lottery” however, paints a society with wayward tradition still embracing the culture of human sacrifice and murder which is cantankerous, inhumane and barbaric. Setting: A small town in contemporary America which has an annual ritual known as "The Lottery" with a population of about three…

The world is filled with myriad communities. When we consider community, many of us might consider stereotypical small-town living; that is, everything is local, everyone knows your name, and interpersonal interactions are face-to-face. When we think of community, we think of knocking on the neighbor's door for a cup of sugar. We might also think of the Utopian-minded communities spread across the U.S., occupied by people who partake in communal meals, share a majority of their belongings, and…

Community Development: South Asian Immigrants in Victoria, BC The term ‘social’ can convey different meanings to an extroverted individual and an introverted person. Their individual traits may determine what sort of activities they desire and are capable of participating in. Similarly, community and community development can embody various significances for each person or group. An umpteen number of pointedly different communities comprise the globe. Each of these communities can have diverse…

As the youth starts to grow up it’s evident that they need a place that they can feel safe while being comfortable in, and it should also be a place where they feel they made the right decision to stay. As teens turn to young adult they start to realize that they want a city that can offer better things for them and their future children. Often times young adults should start with a city that is close to the size of Phoenix or Philadelphia which are not too big because it would cause them to…

Traditions are known all around the world, from ham on Christmas, going to grandma’s for Thanksgiving, or maybe even a lottery in a small village like in Shirley Jackson’s story The Lottery. Every June 27th a lottery is conducted in a village to sacrifice someone for the good of others and crop growth. The Hutchison family drew the black dot from the box and after each member of their family drew, Tessie was the one who drew the black dot again and was sacrificed. The tradition of the lottery…

For example, “Almost immediately, Kadjatou’s contractions began coming with increasing frequency. They possessed her body and her orifices burst forth water, vomit, and diarrhea” (Holloway, 2007, 7). Most of the women of the village reacted negatively at the moment of giving birth. They were very susceptible for any infection and they had several symptoms that led them to death. Another example of Biological Variations is “The Paludrine and Chloroquine pills I flushed down my…

Crispin after her death. Crispin lived in a small village called Stromford with his mother until she died and he was all alone. After his mother passed, he ran away for the safety of his own life from the village because he was wanted dead by the town steward. The town steward had wanted Crispin dead because he thought Crispin was responsible for stealing money and for the murder of the priest. After he ran away from the village he went to a another village called Lodgecot, where he met Bear.…

It led from a village that was once peaceful. My village this was. However, after the massacre, the place I called home looked like the Underworld. Death surrounded the place. Dracula was foolish to lead me straight to his mansion. The mansion was truly frightening, because it showed signs of nothing but death. Nonetheless, I climbed into the house from a broken window, armed with my sword. The heinous vampire had nearly destroyed my village once and that would never happen again…

within the village so rapidly. It is incredibly powerful that no family is exempt from participating in the lottery ensuring that it remains 100% fair to all the people in the village. When one is unable to participate they have a stand in for them, typically the next of…

all the havoc I bring. I would get a job, but too young to even think about that, and yet old enough to be able to survive. From village to village, seeking a place to live, but no luck. I gather what little belongings I have, a book, a steel sword to defend from the bandits and a pouch of miscellaneous materials. I look around, searching for a path to the next village, no luck, I ventured too far into the forest to be able to see through the immense oak trees. Immediately, I know I 'm lost,…