The main idea of this paragraph is that they spent weeks trying to determine where the smell was coming from.
Shirley Jackson told: "the idea for "The Lottery" had come to me while I was pushing my daughter up the hill in her stroller—it was, as I say, a warm morning, and the hill was steep, and besides my daughter, the stroller held the day’s groceries—and perhaps the effort of that last 50 yards up the hill put an edge to the story.”
Explanation:
"The Lottery" is a short story written by Shirley Jackson in which members of a small community join together every year to follow a tradition according to which, randomly, the destiny of one of them is decided. The raffler winner is stoned to the dead to ensure prosperity for the whole village. The title is a clear instance of irony.
A celebration of Native Americans returning to their old ways of life. ... What does the Grand Coulee Dam represent to Native Americans? It represent great change on their way of life. The dam blocks the river which is causing negative effects on the salmon population.
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The answer is hyperactive.
The word hyperactive refers to extremely active or abnormally active. Hyperactive is the adjective form of hyperaction. Hyperactively is the adverb form. The work inactive refers to being not engaged or not working while the word reactive refers to the acting in response to a situation.