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What is doing the right thing in "The Lottery"

While reading "The Lottery" I had realized soon into the story that it was going to take a turn for the worst. The tone of the story was spine chilling and suspenseful. After finally reveling what the "lottery" was i was in complete shock. The winner of this "lottery" was to be stoned to death. This threw me for an absolute whirl I was not expecting. What I feel the right things to do was not to kill and innocent person. Tessie, who was the unfortunate "winner" of the lottery was the one to go. She had a husband and kids; a whole family. It was heart breaking to see an innocent person have their lives taken away because of an old tradition. They should have gotten rid of this tradition a long time ago and came up with a non-violent more peaceful one.
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"DO the Right Thing" thus far... How do I feel and what have I noticed?

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While watching the movie “Do the Right Thing” by Spike Lee there have been many things that I have caught onto. Right from the beginning Mr. Senor Love Daddy, while on the radio speaking on this day that was “Hot as hell” had mentioned that “Todays color is Black”. Soon after we see a young man, Mookie, walk down the stairs of his home. Mookie is dressed in a Jackie Robinson jersey, Jordan sneaks and around his neck he sports a black power chain. I noticed that each piece mentioned was something very influential in their culture and had a lot of symbolic mean. I thought that is was very creative and impressive on how he chose to wear the color black.      Another things I came to realize was who and how the kids, Punchy and Ahmed chose to give their respect to. While they were playing in the water from the fire hydrant, Radio Raheem was on his way to crossing through their path. With just a look and no word, in an instant the two boys knew to block the wate...
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Doing the Right Thing

      To many people doing the "Right Thing" can mean something different. When reading the script of "Doing the Right Thing" by Spike Lee, you see a few different examples and versions of people doing what they believe is the right thing. In the script we see "Da Mayor" do the right thing by jumping in front of a speeding car to save a little boy, Eddie's life. This situation could have gone many different ways. Da Mayor could have just sat and watched the car strike the young boy, but he didn't. He chose to put his life in the line of danger in order to save another.        Another example of doing the "Right Thing" would be the boycott held by "Buggin' Out" and Radio Raheem" wanted to have against "Sals Famous Pizzeria" They believed that they were sticking up for their community by demanding that they put a picture of a black person on a the wall full of white people. Though in the end it costed Radio R...
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