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The Lottery is one of the remarkable works of Shirley Jackson which was published in 1948 The endurance and impact of this short story are unmatched in the American works in the storybook canon The storyline entails a community that holds a ritualistic lottery among the citizens in every year Despite the story representing the audiences with a close knit community which participate in a social event together during this special day it ends in a twist where the winner of lottery gets executed through public stone This twist has to lead to its increased demand and continued interest to discuss and examine this story The story seems to satirize quite a number of social issues such as reluctance of people to reject the outdated traditions Although some of the members of the community talked about other nearby towns not practicing lottery the majority seems traditionalist who believes all sort of bad things which would befall the community such as crop failure At this specific day one woman Mrs Hutchinson vehemently speaks against the practice after his husband holds the winning ticket According to the rules of the game everyone from Hutchinson s family had to draw a new ticket and the one who holds the winning ticket will be rewarded by public stoning to death Jackson 1948 Initially the whole processes seemed interesting however things become darker and darkest for this family as the will have to lose one of their family members
The review of related literature and studies will be discussed in this chapter The main purpose of this chapter is to look into related topics and issue of past literature and studies written by researchers of related field It provides a better view on related topics to expand our knowledge and understanding on the research Literatures reviews in theories and factors which contributed to the impact of chronic absenteeism on the student's academic achievement among secondary students Grade 8 and found in sources such as journals articles some thesis samples and other related materials It make sense that having a punishment will be linked when the students dealing chronically absent Minnesota State University Schiming 2013 research states that the greatest influence on student performance is the time spent in the classroom the second largest effect on student performance is any time spent in discuss that supplements the lecture and third largest impact on performance is the spent outside a class in preparation for the class itself When school personnel parents and community members make a punishment issues that has a priority for greater chance of reducing the absenteeism rate like dropouts daily attendance and others Chronic absenteeism is becoming a problem for many school districts
It is impossible for students to get the complete school experience when they are not present Chronic absenteeism means missing ten percent of a school year for any reason Balfanz and Brynes 2012 Nationwide 5 7 5 million students are chronically absent each year a problem that contribute to higher dropout rates and wider achievement gaps Balfanz and Brynes 2012 Reasons for why students cannot attend school contributed to illness responsibilities for family members legal issues the need to work and uncertain housing situations Absenteeism in students affect their school perform are especially when they are group or teamwork of their assignment and project since grouping will help develops the student cooperative and ability to share and gain knowledge
