This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, October 2, you must post a response to the following question:

After reading "The Yellow Wallpaper," read your assigned article of literary criticism in your textbook (see assignments below). In your blog post, post the title of the article you read, provide a brief summary, and explain whether you agree or disagree with it.

Here are the article assignments:
"Gender and Pathology in 'The Yellow Wallpaper'" (p. 438): Sheirra, Esbeidy, Karina, Mariana D., Vanessa, Chante

"Imprisonment and Escape: The Psychology of Confinement" (p. 439): Lisa, Mariana B., JaMy'a, Karen, Carla

"Biographical Echoes..." (p. 441): Sara, Yari, Cristal, Dulce, Ciera

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' entries.

Find the mushrooms!

Reading/Homework Schedule

Here's the plan for the week:
Due Monday, 9/26: Read "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Due Tuesday, 9/27: Essay Comments/Revisions
Due Wednesday, 9/28: Read "Everyday Use"
No Class Thursday (I remembered this week :)
Due Friday, 9/30: Essay

[Insert Clever Title Here]

If I had to choose one of the stories that we have read as an example of feminist literature then I guess it would have to be A Rose For Emily. It'd kind of hard to explain but I do have a point. Noonan said in class that a feminist is actually someone who makes her own option when she isn't given one.  In a way that's What Emily did.
She had a choice of looking for any other man But she picked Homer. Then When the time came she Had to let him go, Instead she mad the decision to hang on to him... By killing Him and leaving him in his bed for a couple of years. She mad a second option. Instead of choosing to to let him go and look for another mad, she didn't let him go. Its creepy But Still True

no need of a man to survive!!! oh yeah baby

Adrienes Richs is an example of feminist literature. She showed that no women needs to be under a mans control in order to survive. A women can be dependent with no mans help. They can even be better than a man. Believing..stong..confident...and unique a women can be better and have a better life. :)..

Femenist Literature!

I think that Rich's essay was an example 0f femenist literature. I mean, she wrote this essay to convence the young girls to not to let people take control over their lives, and of course to tell them that they have a second option. She says that women are not taken seriously in education, but by writing this essay and using literature correctly, she probably convenced many women or young girls. Rich wrote the essay using proper grammar, tone and symbolism, and that is how she showed everyone that women should be taken seriously.

yea...?!

the story that has most feminism is rich's, she told us that people have to take women serioulsy because you never know that those women might surpass those men. Women arnt just meant to stay home and cook meals, and take care of children, they are meant to do succeed and show men that there not to be looked down on. Even if men have the important jobs women can show them that they can have those jobs too. Also some women surpass in education and other things. One day even a women can become a president thats when men will see were not prey and weak. yup yup

Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich's essay, Taking Women Students Seriously, is an example of feminist literature because she talks about how women don't get as much attention as men when it comes to school. She's on women's side and she's taking up for them, plus she's a woman so she knows how it feels. She also talks about how men shouldn't be like superior to women and that they are no better than we are. It also implies that us as women should stand up for equal education rights and not let men run all over us like a football field.

Ciera.

Adrienne Rich's ----Feminist Literature

In my own opinion I think Adrienne Rich's essay is a Feminist Literature because it is a powerful essay about women's rights. Its feminist because she cares about women having rights saying that women can have rights with the right education. She is encouraging young women to go get their education. So women won't have to cook and clean for a man. Also in her essay she was saying that women can get any job that a man can get so it all comes down to have a education. Which mean going to college and doing something with your life.

Women Rule the World!

In Rich's essay the way she empowers women to change the way the world views student women. It awakens women too see what really is going on and realize there needs to be a change. Women students are not taken seriously even though they get the same education as a man. It shows us the negative side of the way women students were seen and view. These students women were seen less and not capable of been married. They were been taken advantage by professor or people in high ranking authority because its a way for the women to advance in her career. In the essay she encourage women students to fight those negative ideas and stand together and fight them and change the way the world thinks.

-Mariana Diaz

Adrienne Rich Essay

I think that the most feminist story we have read was adrienne's essay because she was all about standing up for womens rights and being equal. She talks about how women can be as good as men are so they dont have to bee fallowing to the society of men say. Also because it showes that through out the essay she sais she had never had a women professor that there were only men. She said that the only time that women were allowed to go up front of the class room was only in special occations like when some well women had a paper on the subject of men then they were allowed to go up , and if not well they weren't. She also says that some women had doctorates but couldn't fullfill that spot because men wouldn't allow it to be that way so they had to get a lower paying job and stuff because of that times society. Over all this is why this essay is an example of feminist literature because it shows how women weren't allowed to do many things but even though they weren't women did stand out for what they believed.

Men are the head but women are the necks, you cant have a head w/o a neck :)

The first essay we read by Adrienne Rich is an example of feminist literature. I say this because her essay made valid points about how women have been treated differently just because men have to feel as if they are superior. She states how when she was in high school all her teachers were women with Phd's but had no choice but to be a teacher, but when she went to college she had not one female professor. She also talks about how men expect women to just be like a doormat when it comes to jobs, being a wife, or even being a student trying to pursue a career. Many women are afraid to do something greater then what a man can because they feel they have so much power. So many men have so much power to the point where they can make a sexual gesture to a women and will threaten the woman if they say something then he will fire her or fail her from his class. Rich states that scenario in her essay. Rich shows the dark and the bright side of being a women. She wrote this essay so women can see, and realize we can fight back we just have to have the confidence and the faith to do so.

Adrienne Rich for women.. They are better >:D

So the picture to my right is just a cool picture for the whole feminist idea, including other rights and social issues. This is obviously an old looking add that is cool because during the time of either WWII (or after that) feminists were teaching their daughters they they deserved to be treated equally as well. Along with other ideas such as racism and homophobic people that people started to notice were not equal rights. Anyway, back to focusing on the Feminist, Adrienne Rich's essay was definitely the most feminist piece of literature that we have read so far. She was all for the equal education and respect for women because of the personal first hand experiences she had with males throughout her studies and in the professional world. Rich saw and heard horrible stories on innocent women being abused both physically and mentally, but not once did she hear the same types of situations for innocent men. At the time, she was taking a stand for women and stating what was going on with them as well as the fact that women deserve to be equal to men. She states that women are more than capable to obtain knowledge, independence, freedom, and a professional life.

Men Need Us.!!! W/o Ladies/Women They Would Fail.!!!!

Adrienne Rich Essay would one of the most feminist stories we have read so far, in my opinon. It was about women studies, and it allowed us to know the true facts. One, how women and men are treated equally acording to the world, but if we really take time and study it, we will know that sometime men still have more power. Another example, is how in schools women were not allowed to be professors at certain schools: or how women who had went to school to be lawyers and doctors, had to settle to be a teacher: or how students at Harvard had goals, but the main goal for the ladies were that they marry a man from Harvard. So i would have to say that Adrienne Rich Essay was the most feminist, and it gave us the most background information as well as made us think. Though this essay was written years ago it made us realize that in 2011, we still are not completed and finish with the world as ladies. We have to stand up and take control.

Girls Rule!!!!!

In my opinion the story that I found has what it takes to be considered "Feminist Literature" is Adrienne Rich's essay. I say this because her entire point of writing that essay was to convince women to open their eyes and realize that they can be/do so much better than what men would think they can do. I do not only believe that her way of writing that essay was a feminist way, but it also showed the way she felt about the whole situation. Rich was able to do this because she went through everything that is mentioned in the essay she was a witness to the way that women were being treated. Having read that it makes us as readers in a way feel her pain and also want to stand up and make a difference to change the way many people think of us women. It is a shame to see that even though this amazing essay was written a couple of years ago change has still not been done.

You Jerks finally decided to blog ahead of time Thank You :)

The story that I found the most feminist would be our first essay assignment which was the Adrienne Rich Essay about Women Studies. I think this essay would be one of most feminist one because the way Rich describes women and the way they are treated in society. Rich makes the point that women are considered to be equal to men through law and everything but in reality they aren't as equal as they believe to be. Men are sometimes paid more then women are, even though women work equally as hard. Women should realize how men are being treated better then women and try to change that by getting an education and getting better jobs then just staying home and being stay at home moms.

Teenage Wasteland: Daisy

I would say teenage wasteland is part of feminist literature. Donny's mother Daisy is the one that should be in charge and her children need to listen to her. But when Donny turns bad and doesn't listen they took him to a man named Calvin. He was the one that Donny went to because he knew that he wasn't going to get in trouble with Calvin. But one day the history teacher called Donny"s mother because they found beer in his locker and the mother told the teacher to talk with Calvin. But the teacher said no that she should be doing something because she wouldn't do anything. That Daisy is the mother and she needs to put Donny in his place. I chose this story because to me it seems that Daisy thinks that Calvin is helping Donny when he really isn't. She should take charge and handle her son. When i told my mom about this story she was kinda mad because she said if that were her dealing with someone like that, that she would have put them in their place along time ago. She wouldn't put up with it. That's why i chose this one.

Girl Power! \m/(^-^)

The story I am choosing to write about is Adriane Rich's essay "Taking Women Students Seriously". The essay is an example of feminist literature. In her essay she describes how women should not fall under the command of men command to suppress her but instead to fight back. It is an example of feminist literature because it encourages women to fight back and it does not depict women as house wives that measure their merits by how good a wife she is. The essay shows women as a strong, confident people that do not have to sit around and wait for a men to come save them. Women are depicted as people who have gone against society and yet manage to succeed in it not by mimicking men but by being women in a world that is run by men.

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, September 25, you must post a response to the following question:

Choose one of the stories we've read this quarter and explain how it is an example of feminist literature.

In addition, you must comment on at least two of your classmates' entries.

Reading/Homework Schedule

Here's the plan for this week:
Due Tuesday, 9/20: Revision Assignment
Due Wednesday, 9/21: Read "A Good Man is Hard to Find" (Flannery O'Connor)
Due Thursday, 9/22: Unit 2 Vocab Quiz
Due Friday, 9/23: Essay; Read "The Yellow Wallpaper"

The Lottery

I picked The Lottery because it has a couple of symbols. The main symbol was the box. It symbolized death. The sheet of paper with the dot was also a symbolism for being chosen. If you were to open the box and get the dot you would be stoned to death. Another symbol was the paint coming off which lead to the question of should the tradtion leave as well. One more symbol was the old man, it showed that you cant give away the tradtion because it has been there for all he can remebered, and people just like him could remeber. So in the lottery it was multiple symbolism.

Teenage Wasteland

In the story "Teenage Wasteland" Donnies mom is really worried about him. She sees that he is not the same anymore. Not only are his grades slipping but the way his attitude has changed really worries her. Donnie has changed completely. When he was little he had the blondest hair and the way it was cut made him look all innocent. Once he started to change his hair grew and it hanged over his face and Donnie didnt look the same. His hair symbolizes the change he has gone through and how he wanst the same anymore. As a little kid his hair was nice and neat, now it drapped over his face and it looked nasty. This shows that Donnie was going through some things and his apperance showed how he felt. A persons apperance can sometimes show you how they feel inside. His change of hair was one of the biggest symbols throught the story because Donnie was getting older and his apperence was changing.

"The Lottery"

In "The Lottery" story, I think that the box is the main symbol. The box is described as old and made out of wood. It is also painted black but the paint is pealing off. This symboilizes the tradition in that town. First, the box is painted black, black= death, meaning the stoning of the lucky winner. Second, the paint is pealing off, meaning that the tradition is getting a little bit out of control. Third, It is old, meaning that the tradition is old, and as new people come, new ideas come with them.

The Lottery

There's a lot of symbols in this short story but the one that stuck out the most was the black box. The larger theme this connects to is death. The box is black. Black is a dark color and dark colors such as black, navy blue, and gray represent death sometimes. The box was described as old, black, splintered, and other negative descriptions. At the end the lady ended up dying; she was stoned. She pulled the paper from the black box and she "won" the lottery.

Ciera.

Teenage Wasteland

In Teenage Wasteland the symbol of the basketball represents how Donny life wasnt so consist. His mother paid a lot of attention to him when he was a child and as his became older that started to lessen. His grades would go down and his mother didnt even know it. Just like a basketball that bounce up down and how when you shoot the ball it may go in and it may not.
tHats like Donny's life. One minute things are going up and the next things are going dow. He may try his best but not all the time will he succeed. His mother doesnt see how hard he is trying and that can be why there is no motivation for donny. when you dont have motivation and courage things can fall apart. Jus like Donny and his mother.

Teenage Wasteland

In the story, there was great symbolism which in the end it got us to think about what might happened to Donny. In my opinion, the ball at the end symbolizes Donny. I think say this because when Donny's mother went to pick him up from Carl's house, he was enjoying playing basketball. Which might describe Daisy had that vision. Donny was probably trying to communicate with Daisy to tell her he is saved and not dead. Since the basketball dropped in leaves it is a soft drop.

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

In this story at the end it says that granny weatherall blows out the light after she sees no sign from God. When she is about to die she is looking for her other child. She doesn't find her so she asks God for a sign, nothing happened so she think she was jilted so instead of God jilting her granny, "blows out the light", meaning she rejects going to heaven and goes into darkness, so she can jilt God. Since she got jilted when she was going to get married she didn't want to get jilted again.

Teenage Wasteland

The basketball in the end of the story is a representation of the relationship of Donny and his parents. The basketball is how their relationship was good to bad to good again n then to really bad. When Donny was younger his parents paid attention to him and paid attention to him. As his teenage years came around Donny was doing bad in school his parents did not trust him. Once Cal came around his parents trusted Donny to be out with his friends and Cal. Their relationship was a little better. Then in the end Donny leaves so that is when the basketball hits the pile of leafs representing his absence.

-Mariana Diaz :D

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I think that the box in the lottery represented out dated ideas people had. People are afraid of change and so no one wants to change anything they do even if they don't know why they are doing it for in the first place. The box represents ideas. What the author wants us to do is question those ideas and see what is wrong with them. The box is black therefor its bad, it means that the tradition/idea is bad is dark and needs to be changed. It has chips on the side, maybe the idea/tradition does not need to be completely illiminated but just changed a little. Or maybe it means that the idea is lold and falling apart so it needs to go away forever. The fact that the box never gets replaced, people do not want to change anything because they are afraid of change so they keep everything the same even if its bad.

The lottery Symbol

I thunk that one of the Lottery's main symbol's was the black box. It represented people's out dated ideas and how no matter what they followed the tradition. They didn't even know why they were even doing a lottery and why they were throwing rocks. The box was black, it was chipped on one side, and the guy in charge always wanted to replace it but the towns people never let him. Black usually means bad, the fact that the box was chipped at the side means that the box needed to be replaced or renewed, and the people did not want to change the box made them very stubborn. The big picture of the story is to question things. Why does there need to be a lottery? The box represents an idea or tradition, the color means that its a bad idea or tradition, the chipped side represents the need to change the idea or tradition, the fact that people didn't want to replace it means that the people were scared of change.

A Rose for Emily... CREEPY :O

In the short story, "A Rose for Emily," she is raised by an overprotective and rich father in which she never got the affection of another man. The story is scattered in revealing details of symbolism such as the stench of her house and Emily buying arsenic from the pharmacy, in which she does not say what she is going to use it for. She killed Homer Baron who sis not want to marry her but was with her and hid his body in her house. The fact that she killed him goes back to one of the themes of the story which was the fact that her father never let her be loved by another man. By keeping the body in her house she finally got to keep a man to love and have as her own.

Yay I'm second!!!

In the short story "The Lottery" the symbolism in this story would be the black box. This little box can represent many things. This symbol can represent death because the box is black and it is slowly falling apart. This is happening in the book when it is sitting on the stool. Since the box is old and falling aprt this means that this box been around for a decade or two. Also this gets at the fact that this small town do not like to change anything thats why things are falling apart. There is many other things in the story that symbolism other things but it all refer to traditions.

... I Guess I'll Go First... >.>

       Donnie's hair from  "Teenage Wasteland" symbol of the change in Donnie from when he was little to how he is now. When he was little he had extremely blond hair that almost looked white. Bright and blond hair when it comes to children usually means innocence or purity. This is how Daisy pictured Donnie as a child as it says in the beginning of the short story. It was also cut really short, so short that it had a cowlick in the back of his head which most people would say looks adorable on children and that really emphasizes the idea of innocence in children.
       As Donnie grows older, his hair grows darker and longer. so much that it covers his eyes and the back hair goes up to his shoulder. Dark hair usually symbolizes something evil, demonic, unclean, supernatural, and night. The fact that the hair covers his eyes makes it seem like he has something to hide. It's like he's covering a dirty soul with a blanket of hair. The change in appearance of Donnie's hair is a symbol of change from him being innocent to him being a rebellious disturbed teenager.

Granny umm weatherall

Well one symbol in granny Weatherall is the light. This symbol appeared basically at the end of the story.This symbol was shown when she was in her death bed and she was able to see the light from Cornelia's lamp. Its is like if the light not only symbolized heaven and the good side of her but also hope. The hope in that she wouldn't be jilted by God. She was jilted by the guy she was going to get married with the first time and i guess that the light here at the end represents some sort of hope since her hope was dead when she was jilted the very first time.

This sybmbol connects to the larger view of the story because she decides to turn of the light. Its like if their openign new doors to her or well heaven and she chooses not to go. The reason why she does that is I guess only because she was jilted again and well rejected what ever came from God since he jilted her for the second time.

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, September 18, you must post a response to the following question:

Choose one symbol from any of the short stories we've read so far this year. Then explain how that symbol connects to one of the story's larger themes.

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' entries.

Reading/Homework Schedule

Here's the plan for this week:
Due Monday, 9/12: Read "How I Met My Husband"
Due Tuesday, 9/13: Revision Assignment
Due Wednesday, 9/14: Vocab Unit 2
Due Thursday, 9/15: Read "A Clean Well-Lighted Place"
Due Friday, 9/16: Essay #3

Granny's Fanny

I think Granny weatherall was just reflecting on her life and what she couldve done differently. I think, like all moms, she wanted to bug her children at the end of her life. She didn't feel impotent so she tried not to just lay in bew. Hey if i were in her position i would bother my kids too because they bothered her when they were sick i think its fair if shebothered them becuase she was dying. The fact that so many people left her must have scared her. Maytbe she felt like she hadn't done enough and hadnt shown enough love.

It did annoy me kinda because she was acting like if she was a little kid. But i have heard that when you grow up to be old that you start being the little annoying kid that one use to be. Also she did go through something hard and no one can really complain about her because they dont know her pain. I think that the author wanted us to really see the fact that we should appreciate our grandmas even if they are mean or annoying because there will be a time when we don't have them anymore :( so if we dnt already appreciate them we should start.

OLD GRANNY WEATHERALL

When i first read the story i though she was mean, heartless, and bitter. I though she was like an average old lady, someone that has no life and is upset at the world for no reason. Then i read some more and realized that she was really an okay person. She was coming to a point in her life where her time was almost up. She was really just preparing herself to die. I felt sorry for the old lady. I even felt as though i was wrong for judging i should have kept on reading before i made assumptions. Even though she shouldn't have grabbed the attention from her family the way she did i still felt bad.

-JaMy'a Colbert

...continued.

well to finish what i was saying, the story on Granny Weatherall really made me think about death and how it would all be when it comes to an end. She handled things in such a matter that made it a little hard to understand, but i later understood that she felt that way and reacted like that because she knew it was time to go. I think the author wanted us to learn the lesson that ehen it comes down to death your never ready. Life has its ups and downs and you just have to make the best of them.

Me as a Granny?! No Way!!!

I think that she just feels lonely and wants to be loved at the last days of her life. She was clearly left alone since the beggining and wants to have somebody sincere beside her before she dies. Unfourtunally, most of us, young people, don't love them, or show them as much ,love as they need. We have to show them that they mean something to us and are someone in this life. Make them see that we appreciate what they all have done for us.

I don't want to die as an OLD LADY btw!

Grandma Whats-her-name.

Well, I think Grandma is an attention hog. I do feel sorry for her tho cus she's 80 and she's like lonely. I feel like nobody really cared tho. Plus she was dying which made it worse. She misses the old days when she was surrounded by all her children and she was always busy. She is annoying too, but all elders are annoying lol. She acted very childish; way too young for her age. Then again, when people get old like that and their loved ones aren't around anymore, they seem to seek any type of attention from anybody they can find. She was acting like a spoiled brat in the beginning and she's too old for that..!!

Ciera.

LALALA~ Im Awesome!

I feel sorry for GW but annoyed to but i think it cause she went through something hard no girl would want. She started to annoy me though how she acted towards the doctor and her daughter, she reminded me of a little girl. I bet it was because she was old like her daughter said, old people tend to go back thinking like a child again and plus want happened to her she got even crabbier. I think the author wanted us to learn to under stand GW because of want she went though. I don't think the people around GW understood her pain and just thought it was her age getting into her head.

Granny Weatherall.

The story about Granny W. was pretty interesting to me. It wasn't like the other stories we have read so far. When i started reading it, i got the impression that she was, mean, bitter, and she was like one of those old lady's who just nagged on people because they felt like doing so. As i read more i actually started to feel sorry for her. I came to realize that she was dying. Now that really made me think, how would i act if i knew i was going to die? The thought of dying never crossed my mind until i read this story. Granny W. had prepared herself for this moment but at the same time she was scared and didn't know it would be so soon. Memories of her past played in her mind.

This story was an interesting story that was really just about the last couple of hours of a grandma. In my opinion Granny Weatherall was a little bit childish in a way that she wanted to get some attention from her loved ones, and i mean there is nothing wrong with wanting to get some attention once in a while but the way that Granny Weatherall was trying to get the attention are not the best techniques she should have used. In a way i do feel sorry for her because in the book it states she was 80 years old and I mean sometimes many women around that age would get lonely, and only want to do things that keep busy and in the book it also states to how she wanted things to be like they used to when all her kids were running around the house and she always had something to do. In my opinion, Porter wants us to appreciate our grandmas and give them more attention when they want it because they will soon die and we will no longer have them by us.

The Lottery:)

So far out of all the stories we have read i liked The Lottery the best. I think Shirley Jacksons message in the lottery is that sometimes change is good. Change can lead to so many new things and it can help expand new ideas that will help better society. In the story many people were afraid of change, they were so used to the same thing that no one bothered to question something different. Being used to something for so long makes it really easy for people not want to change things because they are so afraid of what might happen if things were different. Being afraid is what stops many of us from achiving great things and bettering not only ourselves but society. When the lottery was picked the person with the slip was to be stoned, many didnt agree to this but still went along with it because it was TRADITION. So many people just follow what there used to even though the outcome is bad, and this was the problem with the people from the village they went along with everything that was done or said and didnt bother to question it. I think that we all need to question everything in life not just sit around and go with the flow because in the end change is good and we shouldnt be afraid of the outcome but look foward to what will happen next.

Reading Schedule

Here's your reading schedule for the next week:
Due Tuesday, 9/6: Read "A Rose for Emily"
Due Thursday, 9/8: Read "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
Due Monday, 9/13: Read "How I Met My Husband"

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, September 12, you must post a response to the following question:

What do you think of Granny Weatherall? Do you feel sorry for her? Angry at her? Annoyed? Why? What does Porter (the author) want us to learn from Granny W (yes, she has a new nickname)?

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' entries.

In the lottery old man Warner doesnt want to change the black box because it represents tradition. I think they are scared to change tradition and don't know what will happen if it goes away. They have to be strong and get out of the flow of tradition. Not all tradition is good for people, it should be something everyone enjoys and will remember.

The Lottery

The great conversation that we had in English class about The Lottery opened my eyes and got me thinking about what Shirley Jackson's real reason for writing this story were. Jackson's story to me did try to describe the word tradition. Her message in my opinion was that people are so accustomed to tradition that they are afraid of change and are not brave enough to make a difference in the way they live their life. The tone of the story in my opinion was more like a scary one and in a way because of the fact that the woman gets stoned, that to me was the most shoking part of the story. In other words is Shirley trying to tell us that tradition can even kill us? The tone we might see when we first read the story might not help us recognize the real reasons and the secrets behind this amazing book.

"The Lottery"

I think that the message of the "The Lottery" story is pretty much that we are too scare to question what society tells us to do, that we just do it even if it's wrong. The traditions are, for most of the people, "sacred" but we don't dare to question it. Even if we do question it, it'll only be a few percentage of the people and nothing will change for the reason that we need more than a few to want a change in life and anything else. It's just like Rich's essay, it was only her and some other few who wanted change, but if more women wouldn't have joined them, the way women were treated wouldn't have changed. I believe that this is for being afraid of change, and until we stop being afraid of the change, NOTHING will change.

Her messege is saying that traditions are always the same. people don't want to change it because they are scared if something new. It is taking about traditions but in this case it's a bad one. Watching people, freinds, and family getting stoned is not something that we now a days want to see. People suffering is not joy or fun it's dangerous and bad. My opinion about this story is that people need to stand up and try something new because them people are goion to be dying and tradition will get old and more dangerous then ever!!! We all need to stand up and stick together!!!

"The Lottery"

Shirley Jackson’s message in “The Lottery” is that not all traditions as good for people. The people in the town do not speak up against it because it has never been questioned; it has always been that way. People do not stop it because no one has ever tried to stop it. People are so use to the tradition they are afraid of change because it would be going against the tradition. The people do not bother to ask why that tradition? Even though the people know its wrong they join in. The tone of the story is serious because the people are scared of getting the paper. The person with the paper will get stoned so no one is laughing or happy, they are serious. The tone helps the reader understand how serious this tradition is.

-Mariana Diaz

In the story "The Lottery" it is about tradition and how it is okay for it to be change. Many peopld would think the lottery that always happend would be a good thing but its not, its people pulling to see who will be stoned to death. Many of the towns people dont stand up when it comes to this being wrong because they are so use to this tradition and doesnt want it to change. The tone of the story is anxious. Everybody in the town is anxious to see who will get the slip. All the kids gather around with stones and everybody comes together inthe middle and prepare. The people are anxious to see who life would be taken next.

The Lottery :)

In the short story "The Lottery" Shirley Jackson's message is that traditions are always good but sometimes there need to be change once in a while. This whole story is basically about tradition that a small town follows. They have a lottery at the end of the summer to see which family would get the lucky slip of paper. Also in the story Old man Waner been around for years and he is tired of the same tradition. So Jackson is saying that even though traditions been around for a long time or maybe decades. Getting rid of traditions can be a good thing or a bad thing and the tradition in The Lottery is one that can be taking away forever.
The tone in the lotterty is frustared because many families can't wait to turn their little paper over to see if they had that little dot and when it wasn't them they were very sad. This tone word affect the reading by letting the readers know how frustaring it is to go through this whole process in order to figure who got this one little thing slip of paper.

"The Lottery"

I think that "the lottery" is trying to give an idea to people that they should have stood up for themselves. The story is about this small town that have had a tradition that's called Lottery and basically what you do is pick a paper from a small black wooden box. Who ever gets a paper with a black dot gets stoned. The tradition has been going for a long time now that no one even knows the meaning of why they throw stones at the person who gets the paper with the black dot. I think that the main reason why people would get stoned is due to failure to speak. If people would have decided to question why they get stoned???? But then again so many people are afraid of change that they just don't mine as long as everything is the same everything is fine.

Message in box

Shirley Jackson's message in "The Lottery" is that some traditions need to be changed. Just because the rest of the world is doing something or fallowing someone does not mean that you should not question it. Theres always a reason why things are done and if one doesn't know the reason then maybe one should stop it. If someone does not speak up against injustices then nothing is going to stop. Eventually the injustice will reach you and then there will be no one to stop it. Then you will have wished that you had spoken up because if you had then it would not have gotten this far. The tone of the story is a respectful serious tone. Everyone respects the tradition and no one wants to change it and everyone takes the lottery very seriously. This makes me think that everyone is in on the lottery and everyones happy doing it. Kind of like theres nothing anyone can do to stop this tradition because its just something that comes naturally.