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The Lottery and The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

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  The Lottery  Articles on tradition: This article discusses how different cultures address death: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/19/local/la-me-0819-lopez-dyingwell-20120819 This link discusses American Culture: http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/american_culture.htm Here is a link to what The Bible has to say about culture: http://www.openbible.info/topics/traditions This is an interesting look at how different cultures have different traditions when it comes to childcare: http://alphamom.com/parenting/interesting-parenting-traditions-from-different-cultures/ Somebody made a short movie based on the story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV03h3XWTDU Criticism: http://home.netwood.net/kosenko/jackson.html http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Jackson.htm GROUPTHINK: http://www.psysr.org/about/pubs_resources/groupthink%20overview.htm http://www.abacon.com/commstudies/groups/groupthink.html http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/theory/grpthink.html http://boingboing.net/2014...

"Sonny's Blues" and "A Pair of Tickets"

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  " Sonny's Blues" Outside sources for Baldwin: http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap10/baldwin.html  h ttp://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/specials/baldwin.html?scp=3&sq=james%20baldwin&st=cse Baldwin sources: http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Baldwin.htm History of Harlemhttp://www.harlemheritage.com/history-of-harlem/ http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/harlem-renaissance http://www.history.com/topics/harlem-renaissance Below is the Bible scripture that Baldwin refers to: “The cup of trembling” 22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over THESE QUESTIONS ARE JUST MEANT FOR ...