How much do traditions affect our lives? Think about events in The Lottery as an example. Shirley Jackson shows tradition to be so strong and powerful in this society that the rational mind can’t even bring others to reason. Write about a tradition that you have in your family. What do you celebrate? How often? Why? Do you understand the significance of why your family enacts this tradition?

(Think about things you do on holidays, at reunions, on birthdays, funerals, or at other annual or regular events.)

You must write at least 7 sentences to earn credit.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.