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a village were they conduct a murder to have a good harvest. Jackson uses "The Lottery" to warn people of the dangers of blindly following tradition. Using characters like Tessie, Old Man Warner, and etc. we are able to see how this tradition is hurting the community. In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, the villagers are slowly killing themselves by blindly following their tradition. The Lottery has been going on for many years and although the villagers do not know much about its origins…

published in 2015 and that a new book is published about every twelve seconds. Bobbie Pyron and Linda Sue Park are two of these published authors. Bobbie Pyron, who also wrote ¨The dogs of winter¨ wrote an enchanting story for Scholastic called ¨Following Boo¨. ¨Following Boo¨ has a main character named Nathan who recently lost his grandfather. Nathan and his family take a summer camping trip and end up meeting a dog named Boo.Nathan´s family take Boo to the vet and the doctor tries to figure…

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a short story set in a nondescript town somewhere in the middle of nowhere. A population of 300 people accompanies the main idea in the text of blindly following tradition where the people of the town are forced to take part in the annual lottery. The lottery as misleading as it sounds is quite the opposite of what you might imagine it to be, where the “winner” is condemned to death. Symbolism is used throughout the text through the use of characters who…

Social stratification which is a theory of Sociology and class system for anyone living in the society. There are three sociologist had proposed three theories to support about the stratification, the Division of labour in Society of Émile Durkheim, Marxism of Karl Marx and Tripartite classification of authority of Max Weber. In different class people who have different power, the more high class you are, the more power you had, usually it distinguished as upper-class, middle-class and…

It seems widely acknowledged that scientific knowledge is special because it is derived from the facts of experience with application of rigorous scientific methods such as observation, experiment, measurement, statistics, and theorization, to natural phenomenon. Other academic fields like literature and jurisprudence, for example, appear to be merely based on vague and inaccurate methods such as expressing personal experience or opinion, or applying rules written in words arbitrarily…

Is there a danger in following tradition? "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is a story of a village who follow a tradition ever year. The tradition results in death for one of the villagers. Just because it's a tradition and what is known in that town does not mean it has to be. The central idea of the short story can be seen through the conflict in the story. One type of conflict is person vs. society. This is true because at the very end of the story Tessie says "it isn't fair." This displays…

There are many aspects to the court process from arest to conviction. The first step following arrest in this process is the initial appearance. This is the accused's first appearance before either a judge or a magistrate. The defendant is informed of the charges being brought against them and their constitutional right are explained. The purpose of this is to make the defendant of what is going on and to figure out if counsel is to be provided. During the initial appearance, bail is set. The…

I may only be 13, but I have lived long enough to understand that there are laws that control my life. These laws help me control my behavior. They also affect how I act around other people. If I follow these laws it will help me stay out of trouble. My life goes easier when I follow these laws. One of my laws is to ignore people who bad mouth me or my teammates. Unfortunately, I don’t always follow this law. The day was Memorial Day, and Dylan had broken his collarbone during the semifinals. A…

Respecting unjust laws means that you are willing to accept the punishment. Following unjust laws, simply makes you part of the problem. Most people, wishing to maintain the status quo, will most likely say to just follow the law, or to wait for a “better time” to change them. One need only remember that all the atrocities committed…

1. Choose one of the following with which you are familiar: a film that is a remake of a previous film, a novel that is a response to an existing novel, or the staging of a play you have read. Analyze the differences between the two versions and argue how the adapted version adds meaning to the original. Support your argument with evidence from both versions. (10 points) I choose a staging of a play I’ve read Balinese interpretation of The Tempest. In Balinese’s production they use traditional…