What idea do the school children most likely represent?
O Educators fail students down when they do not let
them make their own choices.
The children assembled first, of course. School was
recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty
sat uneasily on most of them; they tended to gather
together quietly for a while before they broke into
boisterous play, and their talk was still of the classroom
and the teacher, of books and reprimands. Bobby Martin
had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the
other boys soon followed his example, selecting the
smoothest and roundest stones; Bobby and Harry Jones
and Dickie Delacroix-the villagers pronounced this
name "Dellacroy”—eventually made a great pile of stones
in one corner of the square and guarded it against the
raids of the other boys.
- "The Lottery,
Shirley Jackson
Most people make the right decisions when
presented with a choice.
O People can be brought up thinking terrible things
are normal.
O Everyone goes through changes in his or her life.

C

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what are the excerpts?

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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