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Sustained Analysis: The Lottery This passage creates a bigger picture that can be related to our world today. The lottery is like any tradition that is blindly followed and left unquestioned for current generations. The lottery is essentially morally wrong however, no one questions it until, ultimately, they are the chosen ones. The passage describes the way in which Mr. Summers spoke to Bill, which was “formally.” Mr. Summers asks him, “How many kids, Bill?” This word choice helps to develop…

The Lottery Shirley Jackson In “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson uses irony and satire to show the selfishness of one character and the idiocy of sacrifice or of blindly following tradition. The morning of June 27th was a dreadful morning. It was the day of the Lottery. The Lottery is anonymous drawing to sacrifice a villager. It could be anyone! You’d think this to be a very scary and horrifying event, but the villagers accepted their fate a long time ago and got over it. The Lottery causes many…

surprising and ironic ending. Instead of getting a reward after the drawing, the person actually dies from getting stoned. Jackson had a greater purpose with this story other than its astonishing ending. Through the story Jackson reveals her world view of conformity. Often the world has way too much of it, especially during the year 1948 when the story was published. Jackson uses the problems associated with conformity in the world around her, and puts it all into one story. She adds vivid…

Sandcastles In April of 2016, the visual album, Lemonade, took the internet by storm. After America’s most influential singer opened up about what was once kept as personal, the reactions and underlining messages were unforgettable. Being able to dissect the art of making lemonade into a personal diaspora to cultivate and strengthen others into learning the art of the grieving process was goal of the album. Contrary to popular beliefs, Beyoncé wanted the outside world to see that she was human…

In her short story, “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson provides an important social commentary on the dangers of adhering to tradition without logic or meaning; her use of character and tone supplement her ideas by showing how the lottery has become outdated. Jackson’s use of character fortifies her social commentary by showing how the characters blindly follow an outdated and unnecessary tradition. The townsfolk only care about themselves and how the lottery benefits or harms them. In town,…

In “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson explains to us the way the lottery is worked. Shirley Jackson used many different elements and rituals to create this story. Shirley Jackson is trying to get us to understand the meaning of each symbolism he has said the story. In “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson uses symbolism to illustrate the themes of the lottery box and stoning which in turn help enhance the action of the plot. A theme discovered was the powerlessness of villagers participating in the…

was first passed and that is why it took so long, because they claim it was not right for us, the United States, to move them off of lands that had been theirs before any European country knew about North America. It was said that President Andrew Jackson was looking in the best interest of U.S. citizens and moved the indians to help keep from conflicts that could possibly lead to war from arising yet again between the United States and the Native Americans or that some Native tribes were just…

Millers Period 5 Gate World History August 31, 2015 Andrew Jackson, Rise of the Common Man Elizabeth Jackson gave birth to Andrew Jackson on March 15, 1767, several days after his father’s death. Born in poverty, Jackson lived with his mother and three brothers in the Waxhaw region on the border of North and South Carolina. He was the brightest of three sons and Elizabeth wanted him to be a Presbyterian minister. However, young Jackson quickly dashed off into his own childhood antics. He was…

their larger federal government. The Democrats were led by Andrew Jackson, who became president in 1828 as the revered “President of the Common Man,” beginning the Jacksonian era. Even this election showed the sectionalism of the Era of Good Feelings as the majority of voters for Andrew Jackson were in the South and West, while the majority of voters for his opponent John Quincy Adams were in New England (Doc 2). As popular as Jackson was among the white Americans, his policies regarding Native…

fact that Andrew Jackson was elected through the utilization of democracy, he used his presidency to further democratize America through bettering the lives of the majority. Andrew Jackson’s election was revolutionary in the timeline of American democracy. Prior to Jackson’s election, each of the presidential candidates were wealthy, and…