Answer:
The story presents the possibility that the lottery is dying out. For example, a passage in the seventh paragraph indicates that the villagers have already permitted certain parts of the lottery ritual to be lost. [A]t one time, some people remembered, there had been a recital of some sort, performed by the official of the lottery, a perfunctory, tuneless chant that had been rattled off duly each year; some people believed that the official of the lottery used to stand just so when he said or sang it, others believed that he was supposed to walk among the people, but years and years ago this part of the ritual had been allowed to lapse. There had been, also, a ritual salute, which the official of the lottery had had to use in addressing each person who came up to draw from the box, but this also had changed with time, until now it was felt necessary only for the official to speak to each person approaching.
Explanation:
You can take "in fact" out of the sentence to help with determine what type of sentence it is because it's a prepositional phrase. This leaves us with "Only a small percentage of Southern Africa is desert" which is a simple sentence.
The poem "What Love Isn't" has a few lines about movies and songs. The particular lines 17 through 19 in the poem are "good sometimes. It is discomfort — it is not what the films say. Only songs get it right."
The poem refers to love not always being a five star stay (first sentence) and that it is a solid thing but not always sweet. The reference shows that real life love can have an unhappy ending and there is a conflict in real life and with movies it is always happiness and love conquers all. So many songs do tell the story of breaking up, sadness, and real emotions.
The theme can of the poem shows that love is irregular, it is difficult, and will always be a surprising part of life.
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