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Jumat, 25 Januari 2013 Aku tahu bahwa memang waktu telah berubah. Mungkin bukan berubah, namun terus berjalan tepatnya. Ada hal-hal yang dulu kita nikmati dan kita tunggu-tunggu kehadirannya, namun sekarang melihatnya pun kita tidak merasa tidak layak.  Seperti sekarang, ketika aku bertemu dengan sahabatku dan adik-adik kelas yang tidak kukenal, aku merasa bahwa mereka lebih sukses dan berhasil dalam pendidikan daripada aku. Aku merindukan sahabatku, merindukan waktu untuk berbagi cerita dengannya tentang dunia kita yang kita tekuni masing-masing. Dan aku malah merasa tidak layak bersanding dengan mereka, bahkan sahabatku sendiri ketika aku bertemu dengannya. Mereka menempuh pendidikan yang kuinginkan, melakukan kegiatan yang kuimpikan dan terlihat sangat intelektual. Ketika bertemu dengan mereka, mimpi-mimpiku yang telah terkubur kembali muncul dan menggodaku untuk membayangkannya. Dan aku seperti dipencudangi angan-anganku karena aku tidak bias seperti mereka. Ah…...

            I think the Lottery began with a nice situation and a comfortable weather which is match for annual year celebration or carnival. The people of the village began to gather in the square like they have been waiting this ritual.  I imagine that the people have a good relationship because they were gather every year. They had been talked for everything and looks so close. The story tells how the households draw slips of paper without looking at them until every head of household has a slip. And person who get a black spot slip is the sacrifice. They have been prepare a great pile of stone to stoned the sacrifice. How a animal behavior!!!             The ritual was supposed to sacrifice a person for the benefit of the village by chosen one person randomly. They continues the ritual because this is a local tradition which has been practiced to ensure a good har...

I don’t think that I like the story, because I didn’t get anything from the story. I can’t find the climax and it is like the story is hanging. Just tells someone who persuade the other one to buy a bottle of liquid, which expensive. And tells how the old man make sure to Alan in order that he want to buy the potion. But there’s a part that I like when the old man show glove cleaner and explain the usefulness of it. And Alan said “I want nothing of that short.” It is explain that people usually like instant things. They are lazy to try something but always looking for a shortcut to get something. An example in our real life, many people think that money is important. It is true, money help people to survive. But it is make them do anything to get money quickly. So they are corruption, steal, killed each other. And it happened in school too. Many of students cheating on test or ask other people to do their homework, just to get a good mark without study. I ever experienced like wh...