Read the excerpt from "The Lottery." "They do say," Mr. Adams said to Old Man Warner, who stood next to him, "that over in the n
orth village they're talking of giving up the lottery." Old Man Warner snorted. "Pack of crazy fools," he said. "Listening to the young folks, nothing's good enough for them. Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while. Used to be a saying about 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.' First thing you know, we'd all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. There's always been a lottery," he added petulantly. "Bad enough to see young Joe Summers up there joking with everybody." "Some places have already quit lotteries," Mrs. Adams said. "Nothing but trouble in that," Old Man Warner said stoutly. "Pack of young fools." Which character in this excerpt is in conflict with society, and why? Joe Summers is in conflict with society because he is joking with the villagers. Old Man Warner is in conflict with society because he believes that young folks have crazy ideas. Mrs. Adams is in conflict with society because she says some villages have stopped holding lotteries. Mr. Adams is in conflict with society because he is standing with the villager who represents society’s old ways.
I'm not sure what you mean by alteration but if you mean alliteration which mean the repeating of the same first letter, then that would be <u>flickering flame</u> but if you don't mean that then I can't help, I hope you got your answer
Zadie Smith had always wanted to dig deeper in her father's war experience, but she never had enough courage to ask him, and neither did he.
One day, Zadie finds herself visiting an American poet friend in Normandy. And when they were visiting the beach there, she realized that it might be the place where, 59 years before, her father landed upon. So, she mentions this to her friend, who was also interested in war history of the area, and as a consequence, Zadie is interrogated by this friend. But in the end, Zadie relaizes she knows nothing about his father's war experence.
After this event, she returns home and feels determined to start interviewing his father.