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.)

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Read the excerpt from henry wadsworth longfellow’s translation of an excerpt from dante’s inferno and answer the question. but inasmuch as never from this depth did any one return, if i hear true, without the fear of infamy i answer . . “the love song of j. alfred prufrock” begins with an excerpt from dante’s inferno. which two statements express how this source material contributes to the mood of the poem? click here to read the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of horror that eliot elaborates throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of enthusiasm that eliot argues against throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of boldness that eliot continues throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of shame that eliot explores throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of enlightenment that eliot mocks throughout the poem. next question ask for