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It was summer afternoon where all the villagers got together to draw names for what they called The Lottery. The outcome in the end was astonishing to the reader because the expectation is dark and unexpected.Literary Analysis: Write a 50-word list that identifies one or more of the following components of subtext: themes, motifs, symbols, conflicts. The black box was a motifs in the story with how old and used it was every year for a long time. The villagers did not want to break tradition that has been going on for as long as the could remember. Another theme in the story other than tradition was life choices, since other villages were changing and demolishing the lottery has time goes on. Most human being are afraid of change and the outcome of the change that's why they keep things the same most of the time.
Argumentation: Write a 200-word argument that responds to this question: What current American tradition shares similarities with the lottery tradition in the village? Please provide a hyperlink to a current digital newspaper article that shows the connection. Narration: My friend and I grew up together since we were five years old. In the summer days we went to the pool all day everyday unless we were at our sporting events. We played soccer,softball and basketball together, we even slept over each other houses every weekend and all summer long. In 1998 we both had tragic situation in our life, my father passed away from a heart attack and her mother passed away from cancer. You would think this would grow us closer together since both experiencing the loss of a parent so close to us. Unforntaully she took another path with other friends into a direction I didn't see myself following. Of course I could of kept hanging out with her and doing the same stuff she did, which was not good things at all. I made the choice at young age to keep going to school, staying involved with sports and choosing other friends to hang out with. Through the years I would think of her and wonder how she was doing with her life since we just cut all ties to each other and went into different directions. Now in our grown adult lives we did reconnect a year ago and found out we both had a kid around the same time. It is so nice having her in my life now since she was big part of my childhood, We thank each other that we didn't give up on trying to reconnect and finially coming together because we both were ready.
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Erica O'Brien
10/2/2017 06:49:45 pm
I am so happy for you that you and your friend are starting to get close again. I'm sorry you had to lose friend during such an already hard time for you. I can relate to your story, one of my best friends has started to take a path I am not comfortable with and it has put a strain on our relationship.
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