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a symbol in the lottery was the black box because it was a symbol of tradition it was done every year. However in the hangman a symbol the noose because he went around hanging everybody.

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i think the reason both stories have no town or time period is because it can  happen in any time period in any time in a certain way. it can happen in any time period and in that sense it it gives it suspense and mystery .

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I think that when the author describes things like the pile of stones and the rope for the tree that helps imagine the suspense that the person is feeling- Kemorah

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In both stories the characters did not speak up and try to change something. If they would have spoke up then the stories would have had different endings. In the hangman of they all spoke up together to make a change, not nearly as many people would have died. In the lottery the lottery had been going on for so long and it was normal for them to have the lottery, but if people spoke up and tried to change something then the lottery would stop happening and tessie along with a bunch of other people would not have died. That is how both stories could have ended differently.

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amber-In the lottery a symbol is the black box. this is because it represents tradition because they do it every year. In the hangman however a symbol is a noose because he was hanging everybody in the town.

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amber-In the lottery a symbol is the black box. this is because it represents tradition because they do it every year. In the hangman however a symbol is a noose because he was hanging everybody in the town.

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An emoji moment I had in the hang man was when they talked about how they hung someone just because they needed to stretch the rope. I didn’t really understand why they took a life just to stretch a rope. An emoji moment I had in the lottery was when they decided to talk about the beautiful day before all the killing.

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In both stories one of the main charcters die. There is nothing Tessie could have possibly done not to die because she was the unlucky winner of the lottery. In the story The hangman, the main charter talked to the person hanging people. He was hung for speaking up but if he would have said nothing then he may have lived. In conclusion, both charters could have acted different to save their lives.

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The way both the authors use imagery is by making the objects seem ominous, Like the box and the tree. By making them seem ominous, it shows that they are going to be a part of something bad happening.

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I think they wanted a sense of mystery because if they gave everything away there would be no imagination.

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We think that in both stories that the opening can give the thought that not many people will be harmed due to the actions caused by the antagonist but by specific quotes- such as the hangman claiming that the gallows would be used for whomever served him best- the reader can infer that there could be more than hinted at. Then with the help of rising action, the reader will further believe that there will be more than previously hinted at or there will be more information to be found.

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The common theme in "the lottery"and in "the hangman" is to speak up for what you believe in because in the lottery it shows that no one spoke up for what is right because Tessy didn't see it untill it was her life at steak. In the hangman it was the same thing when the in the hangman no one stood for the last person in the town because there was no one left to say anything against it.

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The authors use of imagery is important to the story because it gives you a more clear idea of the setting. In the Hangman the shadow grew more and more each day on the courthouse the shadow represents the deaths in their town so you can get a clearer picture of how often the hanging occurs .
In the lottery in the beginning of the passage it’s starts out by explaining the start of the day which gives you a clear picture of how the day of the lottery would first begin

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They both use foreshadowing when Tessie makes a big fuss about her husband redrawing, and in the Hangman when the narrator was the last person alive in the town and he was called out to help. When these events happened you could tell that bad things were about to happen for these people. It is important because it keeps your interest and the end of the story so you keep on reading.

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the common theme in the Lottery and The hangman would be that doing nothing solves nothing. This conclusion can be made due to the varies characters wishing to avoid death, but not acting against others deaths or standing up for what is right or ideally moral .

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I think the common theme is to do what is tat multiple people are supposed to stop evil because in hangman when someone stepped up to the hangman no one would help them, and in the lottery when tessie was getting made no one stepped up and helped her

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A common theme in the lottery and The hangman is Don't put off till tomorrow what can be done today.I  think this because from the hangman it said "Then we fell silent, and stood amazed" They let the people get hung. And from The Lottery, “Shut Up Tessie", The town continued to throw the rocks at tessie instead of helping her.

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I think that the use of imagery helps develop the characters and the setting. In the hangman the use of imagery helps develop how fear is going over the town and people are running away. In the lottery imagery was used to set the scene that was so nice on a sad day.

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I think if every one said that the lottery is bad then they would stop doing it. And the people that thinks it’s good (which was 1 grumpy old man) wouldn’t be able to stop them. And in the hangman, if the people revolted and said that the hangman was a murderer, the hangman would have left or been killed.

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Because it helps the reader know something bad was going to happen

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if the characters in each of the stories acted differently then it could've resulted in less deaths. If the charterers in the lottery stood up and said that the lottery was unnecessary and created a pointless death, then the other characters might have realized that the lottery wasn't cool. If the characters in the hangman stood up against the hangman then not as many people would have died. overall, if the characters had acted different or stood up against the antagonist then there would have been less deaths.

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They did this because this can help show people that it could happen anywhere and that these things could happen in different ways. Some of these ways are like the witch trials and flash mobs.

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The author uses imagery to help readers better understand what is going on in the story. Imagery is important because it describes the setting to create an image of what is going on.

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Better to say something than to let it go

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It was done to show to that this could happen to any group  of people, at any time, in any place.

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In the literary works "The Lottery" and "The Hangman" are full of symbols like the black box, and the rope. Each of these symbols  symbolize something different. For instance  in "The Lottery", there is a black box that people draw names from and the paper with the black dot gets rocks thrown at them till they die. So i would say the black box symbolizes the unknown, i think this because you don't know what is going to happen to you, or if your name has a black dot on it. Also in "The Hangman" there is a rope that people get Hong from. The rope symbolizes death, i think this because everyone who hangs from it dies.

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 If the characters all teamed up and spoke against the horrible thing that were happening the outcomes would have changed for the better. In the hangman, the hang dude would have left and no more people would have died. In the lottery maybe they would take away the lottery and the girl would not have died.

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 If the characters all teamed up and spoke against the horrible thing that were happening the outcomes would have changed for the better. In the hangman, the hang dude would have left and no more people would have died. In the lottery maybe they would take away the lottery and the girl would not have died.

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The strength of the words give a more dramatic effect; such as in the hangman, words like 'Gallows' or 'hemp' -as in referring to the rope- give a much darker effect than that of their weaker synonyms 'tree/or structure' or 'rope'. Hence, certain words that were used would have a darker connotation. In the lottery, the author used their art of words to create the sense of an eerie calmness or compliance with the idea of sacrifice. Then the author uses progressively darker words as we step closer to the resolution. In both stories, the authors use connotation of words to provide feelings to the reader.

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I think the author has put no major facts in the article because it helps the reader put it in modern perspective to help them better understand.

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The ending of both the stories could have been different if the characters in the story spoke up. In The Hangman if someone would have spoke up about what the hangman was doing was wrong there would be no deaths in their town. In The Lottery Tessi would not have spoken up for her other friends, but when It was her she realized what they were doing was wrong.

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Kameron.B I think it is this because the events that happened in these short stories could happen to any civilization.

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Kameron.B I think it is this because the events that happened in these short stories could happen to any civilization.

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The common theme in both “The Giver” and “The Hangman” are that people need to band together to stop evil. I know this because, in “The Lottery” Tessie was the only one that had stood up to the tradition, but over time, she began to be hurt, and eventually, was a target for rocks; if her peers had worked with her, and she had gotten many people to work with her, she may not’ve turned out dead. In “The Hangman”, the final survivor had assumed he wouldn’t be hanged, but when he came up, it was his turn. Him alone couldn’t stop the hangman, when the first man stood up, nobody followed him. With only one person standing up to him, they had eventually assumed nobody could; proving that the authors intention was to teach that many people need to stand up, not just one person. Overall, both texts prove that one of the many shared themes would be that many people need to stand up to stop the overarching evil.

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Caleb.M thinks that they use words like hemp and infidel and they made me feel like a picture was being painted in my head.

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Caleb.M thinks that they use words like hemp and infidel and they made me feel like a picture was being painted in my head.

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it’s important so that the reader know that something bad is going to happen.