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THE LOTTERY The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, is basically a story of how certain traditions still being practised might be harmful. It takes place in a small village, and the story places a lot of interesting characters and situations. The story also creates a lot of tension especially towards the end. THE GOLDEN LINES I have chosen just a few lines from the short story, the Lottery. The lines really connect to the theme at the end and kind of give a brief summary of the story. 1. The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. In this line, the writer of The Lottery creates a certain type of Irony. Why you may ask? Because in the end, a person dies, as a reward for winning the lottery. The writer makes the story seem, at the beginning, to be a story with a happy ending, since it starts with a happy beginning. One does not suspect the gruesome turns that this story takes...

THE INCREDIBLE SUMMARY GUY This time, it was my responsibility to just give a brief summary of the part of the book we read. Here is the summary of the Lord of the Flies pages 100-150. THE SUMMARY The stranded group of boys still continue trying to survive in this epic book. Following their argument about the apparent 'Beast from Water' another so-called beast showed up. In the next chapter, "The Beast from Air" the body of a dead pilot, most probably from a fighter jet ( since this book is set during the World War 3 ) lands on the island. The body still has a parachute attached to it. A;though the landing of the body is unseen by the boys as it happens at night, something alerts them that there is still a beast on the lose. The decide to go on the hunt for this so called beast. They almost explore the entire island and almost give up, until Jack, the 'bravest' and by far the most stupid of all suggests that the beast might be high up the mountain. Of cours...

THE DISCUSSION MASTERMIND! As the discussion leader of the next fifty pages of Lord of the Flies by William Golding, I will give you a look at the questions asked during the discussion, the reactions of the members of the reading group and also just a brief summary of pages fifty-one to one hundred. SUMMARY The next fifty pages of the book, describes basically what the small and stranded boys were doing, or tried to do in order to ensure a safe life until the day they were rescued. In Chapter three, Huts on the Beach, Jack, Ralph, Piggy and the rest try to build huts, or shelters as they call them. This came after the realization that the weather, especially at night, would not be as favorable to them. And anyway, it would be better to have a roof over their heads. As usual, the boys get into several arguments and even the chief, Ralph, starts doubting the powers he has as the leader of the rest. But with building a shelter, there came another need, to some of the boys at...

 SUMMARIZER As the guy who summarizes in our group study of the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, I will take you through a comprehensive look at the first fifty pages of the book. Lord of the Flies, is a very interesting book, set in an uninhabited island, during the start of another world war. It first places a boy called Ralph, who is about twelve years old at that time. The book describes him as, "....The boy with the fair hair.." How he ends up in the island is not clearly shown or explained, or at least in the first fifty pages it is not. Ralph is confused as to how he got there in the first place. He only remembers very little that happened to him before he ended up on the island. However, contrary to how many of us would react, even if we were children, Ralph is very happy because of the new found freedom in the uninhabited island. He even stands on his head, an action that is quite evident in him when he is expressing his joy and excitement. He thinks he ...

MY FIRST FIFTY-PAGE-VIEW OF THE BOOK Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is a rather interesting fictional book, set in an uninhabited island, where a group of children is stranded after a plane crash during the start of another world war. As relieved later in the book, the children are all English.  The book first mentions a boy called Ralph, a boy with fair hair, as the book describes him. He is confused, barely remembering what exactly put him in such a situation. He wonders around, still having no idea that he is lost, having no idea he is in an uninhabited island, having no idea that there are others in the same situation as he is. This is until he is met by a fat boy in glasses. "He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat," says the book. Although the book does not reveal his actual name, at least up to page 50, a name he reveals to Ralph is the one he is referred to; the name is Piggy ( obviously suiting his appearance ). He apparently brags of his a...