A Worn Path / The Lottery Both "A Worn Path," by Eudora Welty, and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, deal with routine and the impact following a routine can have on people. ... In the "The Lottery," as the day of the event came, the villagers made it seem like everything was normal. ... Everything became normal to people as they got comfortable with it. ... Both of the stories mentioned above presented the role of routine in our everyday lives. In "The Lottery", it showed how ritual can turn into a routine. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He is wholly devoted to his routine and monotonous copying, so much so that the continuous mocking and ridicule in the office do not keep him away from his work. ... In The Overcoat he contrasts meekness and humility of the normal man with rudeness of the so called "important personage". ... His entire routine changes that day as he does not work at home after dinner as he usually does, and walks the streets of the better part of town. ...

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In the beginning of the story Jackson paints a picture of a normal village getting ready to celebrate a joyous occasion. ... However, although not mentioned in the introduction this seemingly normal village is preparing for a murder. ... The citizens in the story reflect this as they gather amongst themselves and "... smiled instead of laughing" (268) Tension within the village is seen throughout yet no one objects or questions the lottery because they are scared to disrupt the routine of life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The people of the town just seem to be going through a normal routine. ... "The apparent disdain expressed by the villagers is also quite disturbing in that they treat the lottery as a normal daily event taking no time to fully appreciate the actions they are about to perform" (Oehlschaeger, 3). ...

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There's also no guarantee you'll get better but all you are required to do is blindly follow orders given to you by your doctor and if you decide to go about your normal daily routine, you are forced into an undesirable cure. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many of his early writing taped into what most of us would see as normal suburban life settings. ... This is the feeling that many of us can identify with when things in life are either too hard or too routine. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After living a life of monotonous routines, Livvie wants more than she has. ... Livvie was deprived of a normal life, "Solomon would not have let Livvie look at them, just as he would not let her look at a field hand, or a field hand look at her" (300). ...

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In the beginning of the story, the lottery event is described as a normal and ordinary tradition that occurs every year on the assigned date, but very soon, in the second paragraph, the suspicions begin to rise and the tension begins to increase. ... They will do incredibly evil and cruel things just for the sake of keeping a routine. ...

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