Stoned

The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o'clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 2th. but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner. The children assembled first, of course. School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them; they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play. and their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, of books and reprimands. Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones; Bobby and Harry Jones and Dickie Delacroix-- the villagers pronounced this name "Dellacroy"--eventually made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarded it against the raids of the other boys. The girls stood aside, talking among themselves, looking over their shoulders at rolled in the dust or clung to the hands of their older brothers or sisters. Soon the men began to gather. surveying…

In text A, which is the rap song written by UGK, feat Mr. 3-2: “Stoned Junkee”, are they rapping about a life full of drug addiction and therefore also crime. The addiction they are rapping about ruins the lives of those people who use drugs such as crack cocaine and phencyclidine (PCP), which they are rapping about in the end of the text. Text A is based on the use of slang language. It gives him more reliability, because people from tough environments, such as those, are often talking slang…

I think we are shaped by our experiences and who we hang out with by what they do and how they act. Like if we hang out with bad people we will start acting like a bad person. Like in the story the wife’s story by the husband keeping his secret away from his wife. Evan tho she was upset in the outcome she came to forgive him and ended up being very upset about his death. In the lottery they had to stone the person who won the lottery so with them that is how they were brought…

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, is a story about an annual lottery taking place in a small town in New England. Every year the lottery is held, where the winner of the random lottery is then stoned to death. This lottery has been a long held tradition in this small town and it is a tradition that everyone must take part in. The man in charge of the lottery drawing, Mr. Summers, call each head of household forward to a black box, where they must select a small piece of paper. After the men have…

Both Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and People Magazine’s “Will She Be Stoned to Death” demonstrate humanity’s tendency to keep with tradition, even if said tradition is morally wrong or outdated due to new social developments, as well as individuals’ inclination to ignore morally wrong or otherwise unacceptable traditions if those traditions do not directly affect them . Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” displays how traditions often are kept for the sake of themselves, even when their use has…

Gray-Stoned Beach I walked along the quiet, winding trail; the smell of a thousand pines filling my nose. There were no people here due to the light rain, but it didn't bother me. It was peaceful. I turned a sharp corner, immediately greeted by a blast of icy ocean air. The Pacific Ocean roared with power in front of me, white caps crashing against the high walls of rock. I stared down the ragged cliff, gazing down at a small beach in a crevasse of the cliff. A small trail seemed to lead to it.…

to be stoned to death,” the prosecutor declares, “because pregnancy in a woman who is not known to be married is clear evidence of extramarital sex.”(“Will She Be Stoned to Death” 1) In…

Arabia, their main execution practice on women is stoning; this is when a woman is buried from the chest down and spectators grab any size rock to throw it at her. For women, executions are just as brutal as the one in "A Hanging." Women are stoned because they are thought to have committed adultery or prostitution. Even if a man was in the wrong, the woman would automatically be punished because they are "property." On www.independent.co.uk, the al-Shabaab militia accused a thirteen year old…

Some can argue that it can help them be more aware of their surroundings.In addition, it could possibly not play a role in crashes involving stoned drivers.According to the 2002 review of seven separate studies involving 7,934 drivers, reports NORML, “Crash culpability studies have failed to demonstrate that drivers with cannabinoids in the blood are significantly more likely than drug-free drivers to be culpable in road crashes.”(NORML). This is the result because people who are under the…

To begin with, both had the families draw alphabetical order. They called each family by their last name. Next Davie helped stone Tessie. Davie was given a rock to throw at Tessie. Also Mr. Graves and his son, Baxter helped Mr. summers with the black box. Mr. Graves and Baxter held the black box as Mr. Summers stirred the papers. There were many differences between the short story and the movie The Lottery. To start in the story Tessie was stoned in different spots. In the story she was stoned…