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The focus of this blog is to provide an analysis of the book “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. The blog will have three different sections, which include a literary analysis, an argumentation piece, and a narration piece. Literary Analysis: Theme: Tradition and hierarchies Motifs: The black box and the black dot on the slips of paper Conflicts: Whether or not to keep following tradition Argumentation: What current American tradition shares similarities with the lottery tradition in the village? A tradition that is like the lottery tradition is hazing. Something that is most commonly associated with college fraternities, hazing is a dangerous ‘tradition’ that unfortunately happens a lot. Hazing can be embarrassing and humiliating for the people involved, and in more extreme cases, life-threatening injuries, and death. https://qz.com/1065207/college-hazing-continuously-results-in-death-why-do-we-keep-the-tradition-alive/ Narration: When have you made an important choice to break away or not break away from a strong family, friend, or cultural tradition? I made an important choice to break away from a friend in high school. It took me awhile to realize that the friendship was toxic. This friend, Sarah, wasn’t really a good person; she constantly belittled people, lied, and never seemed to take responsibility when she did something wrong. I kept making excuses for her to convince myself that she wasn’t really that awful of a person; that and I hate confrontation and didn’t want to lose a friend. Now I didn’t choose necessarily to end the friendship, at least at the time. I had planned on it but it didn’t really go as planned. It was the last class of the day, I think our drama class, and Sarah had made a comment about someone that I felt wasn’t nice, and ended up snapping at her. I texted her later apologizing about it, which then turned into a HUGE argument, One thing led to another and our relationship ended in a chaotic mess. In the end, I was relieved that the relationship had ended even though it hurt.
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Sabatino
9/22/2017 04:05:59 am
Thanks for sharing this post.
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Isatu Njie
9/25/2017 06:11:17 pm
I could relate a lot with you on losing a friendship that is toxic because I have been through a similar situation.
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Inayah
9/25/2017 06:40:25 pm
I definitely agree with your take on hazing. Also I can relate to parting ways with a friend . I also had to part ways with one of my good friends in high school.
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9/26/2017 07:58:18 am
I am sorry what happen with your friendship with Sarah. "I was relieved that the relationship had ended even though it hurt." Sometimes it's good to end a relationship that is toxic to you and move on with a positive vibe. I know that it can hurt since you built a trusted relationship with your friend, but knowing that you ended it, her negative effect on you left you and you can feel better about your decision and not have a toxic person in your life.
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Emily Kershaw
9/26/2017 06:46:33 pm
When I was in high school, I faced a similar situation. It gets to the point where you eventually have to bite the bullet and break off the friendship. A lot of people don't understand that friendships are relationships too. You wouldn't think twice about breaking up with a significant other if they were a negative presence. It's the same with a friendship -- if a person in your life makes you unhappy or you feel like they're toxic, you have to move on.
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