They both show me that this has been a tradition with rituals by the old Black Box as well as describing Old Man Warner as “the oldest man in town”. Clearly, this Lottery is very important to the citizens. Although I am not aware of the “Grand Prize” of winning this lottery, I can assume that it is a very good prize based on the manner of the town including the children. The author describes the boys and girls running around playfully and in “boisterous play.” As well as the women engrossed in gossip amongst each other, gives me an idea of how great this event is. I assume that they are talking about the lottery or who is going to win.
Pete Ms. Issasi English 1302 10 June 2008 E1A: Lottery and Omelas At first glance the town in The Lottery would seem to be a wonderful place to live, beautiful scenery, kind townspeople, and a peaceful atmosphere. The story takes place on a summer morning that is described as a day only pictured in an old tall tale. With children playing around and giggling to themselves at the town square, the adults begin to gather mingling amongst themselves but never becoming to loud. There was actually a great foreshadowing of the entire story that lead to the horrible scene of the stoning, but was brilliantly disguised by what seemed like normal behaviors, actions, and descriptions. Even to the point of the actual stoning was apparently treated as their usual conspiracy that jus simply takes place.
These two authors understand and realize the importance of setting in telling a story that holds the reader’s attention. “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson is about a lottery done in a small town. This is not just an ordinary lottery for money or goods, the winner of this lottery is stoned by the townspeople. This is a tradition that has gone on in this town for many years and the people of the town seem happy that the lottery has come around again. The setting is set up by the author to distract the reader from the ultimate horrific ending of the story.
Myles Young English 101 F Mrs.Hooven 23 April 2013 Baseball is better than Football Going to the ballpark is a total experience and much more fulfilling than going to the gridiron for a football match. In the first place, the weather is better, warmer, and certainly more conducive to sitting outside. (Baseball's seasonal arc is certainly more compelling: it begins in spring when life returns, continues through the hot summer, and ends in October when the leaves fall and nature goes dormant. It's the one sport whose season mimics the human life cycle, which might be why it produces so much good literature.) The food is invariably better, and you don't have to try eating your hotdog with gloves on.
The Analysis of the Lottery The short story “The Lottery” narrated a story about the people of a small town held an activity of lottery and the person who got the lottery would be hit to death by stones for the sake of harvest of the following year. Read through the whole story, we can know that the lottery completely show the blind obedience, less of rationality and cruel coldness of human nature of the whole town people. In the beginning of the story, the author described a quiet and peaceful, common and beautiful scene of the small town. For example, the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. These descriptions of the surrounding environment gave readers a kind of quiet and peaceful feeling so that it made readers think there would not happen anything bad.
In the setting of "The Lottery", the foreshadowing points the reader in a false direction, completely opposite of what is to come. The story begins with a description of an apparently cheerful environment. "...clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green" ( par. 1 ). Jackson creates a comfortable atmosphere by describing the activities of the residents of the town.
Bridget’s speech on the increasing human deterioration with increasing wealth and revelation of the pleasures they enjoyed during their days of severe economic depression encompasses the major part of the essay. The author employs his unique style of versatility, humor, and insight to help convey his message. Charles Lamb occupies a special place in the history of the English prose because of his unique style. Though some people have criticized his style because he imitates the Elizabethan prose writers. However, readers do not notice this unoriginal style.
Rites of Passage A rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a person's transition from one status to another. Milestones include transitions from puberty, year 7 to high school, coming of age, marriage and death. Initiation ceremonies such as baptism, confirmation and Bar or Bat Mitzvah are considered important rites of passage for people of their respective religions. Rites of passage show anthropologists what social hierarchies, values and beliefs are important in specific cultures. The concept of rites of passage as a general theory of socialization was first formally enunciated by Arnold van Gennep in his book The Rites of Passage to denote rituals marking the transitional phase between childhood and full inclusion into a tribe or social group.
Therefore, this essay will examine the use of irony by comparing and contrasting “The Lottery” and “Out, Out-“. We begin with the short story written by Shirley Jackson, "The Lottery". Right from the opening paragraph we are presented with a view of a clear summer’s day somewhere in small town America. The irony here is that as the readers we can watch as we expect something pleasant, but for the "subtle sense of dread" (Wagner, Lecture) as we see the children picking up stones and deliberately placing them into piles, "School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them" (K&M, 443). As the narrator goes on it addressed the image of the men gathering, and as they talk there is no laughter, as if something looms over them.
The story reminds you to be thankful for each day that we have, good or bad, because tomorrow is never promised, a lesson we tend to realize as we get older in age. In the short story, “The Lottery” we are presented with a day that seems like any other, “June 27 was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers blossoming profusely and the grass richly green.” (p263) However, soon we find out that this day is a day where a town tradition will take place. The fascinating thing about traditions is that all cultures may not have the same tradition; however, more often than not people usually respect one another’s traditions for the morals and values found at the root of its inception. Many times traditions seem to supersede differences in race, age, gender and even right from wrong. Unfortunately, the tradition of this town is a selection of a family to be stoned, including the children.