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Rituals In Diane Glancy's The Lottery

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Starting off, our relationships with other people tells us who we are and how we act towards one another. Sometimes you act nice with someone, but other times you may act in a heated or angry manner with another person. On the outside, a person could be really nice, but when you truly get to know them, they may change into a new person. Other times, people act like the way they do because of their past. The reason why they act like that is because of what they have been through or what they have witnessed. These are some things that define who we become as a person today and if you have witnessed this or done this to someone, then I suggest you read this.

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Back in the days, some towns had certain traditions or rituals that they had to follow. I think they did this ritual because of the World War, since soldiers lost lives in the war, maybe stoning a person was a way to salute or respect the soldiers that died. Other times, people might kill someone because of who they are or because of hatred. For example, it seemed like Mrs. Delcroix didn’t like Mrs.Hutchinson because she picked up the biggest stone and instead of saying no leave her alone, she said hurry up guys. This shows that maybe Mrs.Delcroix didn’t like Mrs.Hutchinson or she was jealous of her. This story had multiple twists because I thought if you won the Lottery, you win something, but instead you get to stone the winner to …show more content…

For example, in The Goldfish, Sergei doesn’t want to use his last wish because then his only friend, the fish, will leave him. Then in The Lottery the feelings that are shown in their are hatred or dislike because no one seems to like Mrs.Hutchinson. In the last story, the little girl/boy is sad because she see’s the mother saying no to him wearing his hides, which brings the father down. Finishing off, some things can have a huge effect on our relationships and these help define who we are become because if your mean to someone they might hate you forever. And that defines who we may become because once your mean to someone, you’ll be mean most of the time in your

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