Acceptance In Texas V. Johnson Majority Opinion
Acceptance is a vital part of human interaction throughout history. This concept of acceptance is interpreted in a quote from Barbara Jordan, was a politician, lawyer, educator, and a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. She believed that “We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.” This belief is one that she lived by in all the aspects of her daily life. In analysis, it can be found that there are several similar themes present in the Collection One texts “Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion”, “The Wife’s Story”, and “The Lottery”, all of which go hand- and- hand with Jordan’s quote about acceptance. In the newspaper editorial, “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” author Ronald J. Allen shares
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Jackson’s story describes an early 1900’s american town, which participated in a lottery , where one person was chosen each year to be gruesomely stoned to death. To completely understand the story, it is important to know that, it was written to represent other widely accepted realities that actually occurred during the author’s lifetime. The story describes the obscenely clouded views of mothers, fathers, children, and friends, due to their longing desire to accepted as “normal” in their society. In the story, Bill Hutchinson drew the slip of paper with the black dot, meaning someone in his family was going to be the victim of the stoning. When his wife saw the slip of paper, she told the man running the lottery “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn't fair!”(Jackson 229- 230). The husband responded by telling her “Shut up, Tessie”(Jackson 233). This short- spoken, embarrassed response show how badly Mr. Hutchinson wished to be accepted, even though he is still registering that he will either lose a family member’s or his own life. This is one example of many that supports a theme of the story: acceptance is something desired by many, but given to few; implying that people should more often accept others for their
Jackson’s story describes an early 1900’s american town, which participated in a lottery , where one person was chosen each year to be gruesomely stoned to death. To completely understand the story, it is important to know that, it was written to represent other widely accepted realities that actually occurred during the author’s lifetime. The story describes the obscenely clouded views of mothers, fathers, children, and friends, due to their longing desire to accepted as “normal” in their society. In the story, Bill Hutchinson drew the slip of paper with the black dot, meaning someone in his family was going to be the victim of the stoning. When his wife saw the slip of paper, she told the man running the lottery “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn't fair!”(Jackson 229- 230). The husband responded by telling her “Shut up, Tessie”(Jackson 233). This short- spoken, embarrassed response show how badly Mr. Hutchinson wished to be accepted, even though he is still registering that he will either lose a family member’s or his own life. This is one example of many that supports a theme of the story: acceptance is something desired by many, but given to few; implying that people should more often accept others for their