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Yonaton In The Goldfish And The Lottery

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Every human has a trait that maybe good or bad Traits that make us who we are. These trait may help you make decisions these make you human. In the stories what, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?, The wife's story, and The lottery The main characters each show a clear character trait that drives them to make decisions and drive the story. In each short story the main character have traits like ambition, lovingness, and selfishness. In the story what, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish? Character yonaton stands out as a character with the trait of ambitious. In an example the story its says “It was genius, Yoni was sure. And, if not, at least it was cheap.”. The text show how the ambitious yonaton is because he has this idea he thinks is great and how the story moves along because he is convinced it is a good idea. Another example says “No prep, no plotting, natural as can be, Yoni grabbed his camera and went out knocking on doors.” . This text shows how ambitious yonaton is …show more content…

This character in my opinion would be described as selfish. Tessie Hutchinson said "You didn't give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn't fair!” This was said when her family was chosen in the lottery. I believe that She said this because she realized she might die this is selfish because everyone had an equal chance to win. This moves the story along by building suspense for the reader wanting to see what happens to the winner of the lottery. Then in the text it also said Tess Hutchinson said ‘"There's Don and Eva," Mrs. Hutchinson yelled. "Make them take their chance!" ‘. I believe this show that Tess Hutchinson is selfish trying to get her daughters killed and helping herself survive. The quote also shows how it drives the story by making the reader want to know why the lottery is such a bad thing. These quote show how Tess Hutchinson has the traits of a selfish

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In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson there are many different types expressed throughout. Immediately, there is Dramatic Irony with the title of the story because we associate the Lottery with the winning of a grand prize that will improve the life of that person. Although in the story the winner is stoned to death by the village catching the reader off guard. Over the course of the story we are alluded to believe this occasion is a joyful time with children playing in the village, “square dances, the teen club, {and} the halloween program” (pg.1). Additionally, it is ironic that when Mr. Hutchinson is ask come upstage his wife is eager and encourages her husband to chose which in reality leads to her death.

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“The Lottery” is about a town that kills people off as part of a fertility ritual by a lottery system. The conflict is hard to pinpoint since the main character, Tessie Hutchinson shows up late to the lottery in the middle of the story. Tessie can be seen as a representative of the whole town. Tessie speaks her mind and voices thoughts that others have. For example, when she screams “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right” before she is killed (245).Other people have also voiced their opinions about the lottery.

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"The Lottery" shows this by showing how people follow traditions without thinking about the consequences or leaving the tradition in the past and when one leaves the tradition they are viewed as a "pack of young fools" (Jackson, 32). Jackson is critiquing society and how they do not like to think for themselves till it is too late. Tessie Hutchinson did not question the lottery till it was involved in her family's life and then her life, then it was too late to think for herself. " Harrison Bergeron" depicts this in a different way, by showing what the world would be like if society did not question the government. Everyone is like everyone else, and when a person is not, the government gives them handicaps so they are not different, this causes them unable to think for themselves or take "unfair advantage to their brains" (Vonnegut, 3).

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“The Lottery” mentions the black box, tradition and being nervous so much that the reader can't help but realize that that tradition is important in their community. The author uses contrast and contradiction in the story to also show that in the beginning Tessie didn't really think twice about tradition but in the end when she was in the position herself, people close to her began only then realizing that following blindly should not be the reason that you are keeping a

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“The Lottery” Interpretive Essay “The Lottery”, a short story by Shirley Jackson, is about a lottery that takes place in a small village. The story starts of with the whole town gathering in the town square, where Mr. Summers, the official, holds the lottery. After that, every family draws out of an old black box, and a certain family gets picked. Out of the certain family, one person gets picked as the unlucky “winner” of the lottery. In this short story, after the Hutchinson family gets drawn, Tessie Hutchinson is declared “winner” of the lottery.

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Mr. Summers, the ringleader of the lottery, asks if there’s any members of the family that are over 18. Tessie begins to throw her own daughter under the bus, but she is quickly denied because her daughter is married. The Hutchinson family comes up, one by one, and draws their slips of paper.

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So then Tessie starts to complain that the drawing was not set up properly (Jackson). In “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson uses the symbolism, characterization, and theme to develop this short story. The symbolism of

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also it seemed like she was trying to avoid showing up to the lottery .Therefore it is obvious that she doesn’t even want to be there which hints that there is something dark behind the Lottery. Jackson’s use of foreshadowing in “The Lottery” contributed to the story by hinting that there is something much darker and eerier than we expect about this village and its tradition of the

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Another quote to suggest the crowd grew nervous was when Mr. Adams was called upon, “They grinned at one another humorlessly and nervously”. She described what the characters were doing and not what their thoughts or intentions were. Shirley Jackson intensified the feeling when Tessie hysterically protested Bill’s “winning” selection, by withholding information until the last possible second, she builds the story’s suspense and creates a shocking, powerful conclusion. In conclusion, The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson builds up suspense by foreshadowing the horrible moment through the children who felt uneasy and collected rocks, creating a character that stands out from the crowd, Tessie Hutchinson, the person who saved her husband but could not save herself. More importantly, withholding the true nature of the story until the end, leading to the tragic death of Tessie

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Shirley Jackson uses rhetoric in her fictional short story “The Lottery” to criticize the perpetuation of outdated traditions. She creates a fictional example that includes enthymemes, intrinsic appeals, and extrinsic proofs between characters as well as in the narration to make her thematic argument that mindlessly keeping traditions is foolish. The lottery example is deliberately exaggerated to accentuate her argument and to present an honorable case that her audience will support. In doing this, Jackson establishes a strong kairos and demonstrates her ability to aptly use rhetoric to make an argument through fiction. Jackson utilizes the dialogue between characters to make some of her strongest points and appeals, particularly through

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In the story What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish, we follow a young boy named Yonaton, who is creating a documentary. For this documentary, Yonaton goes around to people's doors and asks what they would do if a magic goldfish granted them three wishes. Most people say they would wish to better their lives, but others wish for interesting things, like to be a girl for a day. Yonaton tries to interview man in particular, Sergei. Sergei says he doesn’t want to be interviewed, but Yonaton sneaks into his house anyways.

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The Lottery In this short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson we can see the theme of the duality of human nature. Tessie Hutchinson thinks the lottery is unfair. She claims that they didn't get through time. But everybody had the same chance and time.

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She realizes that this is an unpleasurable and outdated tradition and should be forgotten only because she got chosen. However, if her family’s name wasn’t drawn, she would have blindly followed the ritual, thrilled to have escaped a gruesome, sacrificial death. As a reader it is easy to empathize for Tessie since she or others don’t have a voice in their community or are even able to look at the bigger picture and see that the lottery is unnecessary. Not only does the dramatic irony of the lottery allow the reader to understand Tessie’s view, it creates a similar feeling towards Bill Hutchinson. For example, “Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand.

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