Review the theme: sometimes traditions continue long after they've outlived their usefulness. which detail from "the lottery" best contributes to this theme? the children gather stones before the adults assemble for the lottery. the shabby and faded black box tessie tries to get her adult married daughter included in the drawing, so as to protect herself. bill tells tessie to shut up when she complains about the lottery.

This short story “The lottery”is written by Shirley Jackson and tells about the seemingly harmless  village tradition of holding an annual lottery, but with an unexpected ending. The lottery is in fact to get a sacrifice to ensure a good crop. The sacrificed person (lottery winner) must be stoned to death.

Question: Which detail from "The Lottery" best contributes to this theme?

The children gather stones before the adults assemble for the lottery.

i’m writing a memoir and i’ve been given the great suggestion of placing a ‘sub-narrative’ within some of the chapters – sort of, what was going on with me in the grand scheme of things.

i was wondering how to format this so that it is very obvious we are stepping out the of story.

firstly is a change in font from serif to sans workable? i also use dashes for a scene change. was thinking of using a different scene-changer too.

here’s a (shortened) example:

university – or what’s known as ‘uni’ in australia – were some of the best days of my life. where else do you get to potter around in a great location, have very little responsibility, learn lots of things, do lots of things and walk out four years later with a bonus – a degree!

with my university years i had immersed myself into community of intelligent ambitious people. generally everyone had a confidence about themselves. they knew where they were going in life and weren’t threatened by others.

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(sorry couldn’t show the fonts in this comment field)

too much?