![]() ![]() ![]() The Lottery is a powerful and thought-provoking story that raises questions about tradition, conformity, and the dangers of blindly following authority. The reader is left to ponder the disturbing implications of this tradition and the brutality of human nature. The story ends with the townspeople returning to their normal lives, as if nothing out of the ordinary has happened. Despite her protests and pleas for mercy, the townspeople proceed with the stoning, as if they are simply following a script. The tension builds as the names of the heads of each household are drawn one by one, until only one family remains: the Hutchinsons.Īs the final name is drawn, it is revealed that Tessie Hutchinson is the one who has been chosen to be sacrificed. The person chosen to be sacrificed will be stoned to death by the rest of the town. The townspeople seem to view it as a necessary evil, something that must be done for the good of the community.Īs the lottery proceeds, it becomes clear that the stakes are high. The lottery is a tradition that has been passed down for generations, and no one really knows how or why it started. The story begins on a beautiful summer morning, with the townspeople gathering in the town square for the annual event. It is set in a small, fictional town in the United States, where every year on June 27th, a lottery is held to determine who will be sacrificed. The Lottery is a short story written by Shirley Jackson, first published in 1948. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When Canon, the local vicar, takes Miss Prism for romance, Algy appears pretending to be Earnest, Jack's wicked brother. She praises Jack for being responsible, but shuns his brother, Earnest for being wicked. In the country of Jack, Cecily is being taught by Miss Prism. He is curious about Cecily and decides to go "bunburying" in the country. When Gwendolen asks for his country's address, Algy secretly writes it down on his shirt cuff. While leaving, she tells Jack to find some acceptable parents. When she finds him lacking same social status, she rejects the engagement. But, Lady Bracknell is not happy with the proposal and interrogates Jack about his social status. However, she accepts his proposal and later on wants to rechristen Earnest. But, she says she loves to marry a man whose name is Earnest because for her it sounds so aristocratic. Algy distracts Lady Bracknell in another room, at the same time, Jack proposes Gwendolen. When Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen arrive, Algy explains that he cannot attain the reception of lady Bracknell since he has to visit his friend Bunbury. He, too, employs deception when it is convenient. ![]() Algy too confesses that he visits his imaginary friend Bunbury whenever he needs a break from the hectic life of the town. He further states that he is going to propose Gwendolen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Real gods would want to teach you how to be just like them. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. A real god doesn’t care about control.But when the other person doesn’t yet know that he needs your wisdom, you keep it to yourself. When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely.Groups are even stupider than individuals - and yet by keeping so many fools engaged in pretending to be intelligent, they still come up with some of the same results that an intelligent species would come up with.People revealed themselves most when they were vaguely anxious, and few things brought out nonspecific anxieties like being in the presence of a person who never speaks.There can be no greater honor to a parent than to have a child who is greater.Every day all people judge all other people. ![]() They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them. The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes.Xenocide (1991) is the third novel in the Ender's Game series of books by Orson Scott Card. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Limiters wound Colly, and kill Bartleby. Bartleby and Colly, the Hunters, are engaged in a hunt near the estate, when they encounter two of the Styx soldiers called Limiters spying on the manor. ![]() The Purger causes a Darklit person to repeat part of their programming, and Elliott, who is able to speak Styx, finds that Chester has been programmed to call the Styx and report their location. The people of the estate watch for Styx presence, and eliminate the Dark Light conditioning with the help of a device known as the Purger, invented by Danforth. Will also meets Parry's gardener, Old Wilkie, and his granddaughter Stephanie. Drake introduces Will and Chester to three retired commandos living at Parry's estate: "Sparks" Sweeney, who was surgically altered to have enhanced senses and faster reaction times, Danforth, a genius who worked in defense electronics, and Jiggs, who is very good at hiding. ![]() Plot summary Īfter the events of Closer, Colonel Bismarck, deprogrammed by an explosion during the attack on the Bank of England, decides to help defeat the Styx, and joins Will and Drake at Parry's estate. Spiral was published in the United Kingdom by Chicken House on 1 September 2011 publication in the US followed on. It continues the story of Will Burrows in his struggle against the Styx, who have been a major and pernicious influence throughout mankind's history. Spiral is the fifth novel in the Tunnels Series, written by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. ![]() ![]() ![]() It first played at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on 27 September 1930 and ran for 156 performances. ![]() The novel was adapted into a play by Wodehouse and Ian Hay. ![]() ![]() The Blandings saga, featuring the idyllic but intrigue-ridden castle and its owner, the amiable but woolly-minded backwoods peer Lord Emsworth, would be continued in many more novels and short stories. It was also the second novel set at Blandings Castle, the first being Something Fresh (1915). It was the fourth and final novel featuring Psmith, the others being Mike (1909) (later republished in two parts, with Psmith appearing in the second, Mike and Psmith (1953)), Psmith in the City (1910), and Psmith, Journalist (1915)-in his introduction to the omnibus The World of Psmith, Wodehouse said that he had stopped writing about the character because he couldn't think of any more stories. between April and December that year the ending of the magazine version was rewritten for the book form. between 3 February and 24 March 1923 and in the Grand Magazine in the U.K. It had previously been serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in the U.S. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 30 November 1923 by Herbert Jenkins, London, England and in the United States on 14 March 1924 by George H. 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