Rosezanne Cox Ms. Sarhan 15 November 2013 The Lottery (1948) After reading the Lottery‚ the greatest downfall of this society is clinging to old traditions‚ which makes it impossible for an entire community to progress. The village people are convinced to conduct the lottery in June in order to have a prosperous year. However‚ many nearby villages have eliminated the practice and numerous young adults have advocated for the brutal acts towards an innocent human being. Because the village
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Comp. II The Lottery In the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson the reader finds a small town that has an annual lottery in which everyone is a part of. Men‚ women‚ and children of all ages are to participate in this gathering. In this short story the context is significantly similar to that of the video and give the reader a good and clear picture of what truly goes on. The lottery takes place in a small farm town with about 300 residents who are eager to attend the lottery and see who
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Governments are the powerhouse of a country. However‚ when they contain too much power‚ they not only run the country‚ but the lives of every citizen. In other words‚ governments like those are considered totalitarian‚ They control all parts of society‚ including the daily life of their inhabitants. Total submissiveness is required‚ and opposition is punished severely. In 1984 by George Orwell‚ the reader can infer that the government is totalitarian based on their ideals and values. Especially in
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Totalitarianism and Its Effects on Society Throughout Europe‚ most countries had remained democratic until the early 1900s. Following World War I‚ the government systems of Europe began changing‚ with some countries remaining democratic while others shifted into dictatorships and totalitarianism. 2 in particular became very prominent; the Nazis of Germany and the fascists of Italy. After these parties emerged‚ Germany under the Nazis were led with rules of extreme racism‚ while the Italian leaders
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Totalitarianism as Dystopias What is it like to existent in a society trying to achieve perfection? A Totalitarian government is controlled by an individual dictator who desires to attain excellence. It has the capability to fabricate a dystopian society. First‚ by demanding to reach flawlessness‚ the government holds people in a state of panic. Second‚ by exploiting trepidation and fear‚ the government maintains submissive citizens and sustains control of supremacy. Third‚ Totalitarian governments
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The Lottery The specific details Jackson describes in the beginning of “The Lottery” set us up for the shocking conclusion. In the first paragraph‚ Jackson provides specific details about the day on which the lottery takes place. She tells us the date (June 27)‚ time (about 10 A.M.)‚ and temperature (warm). She describes the scene exactly: there are flowers and green grass‚ and the town square‚ where everyone gathers‚ is between the bank and post office. She provides specifics about the town
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The lottery‚ many people are playing it all around the world. In the United States‚ people‚ who have a little bit of money in their pocket‚ will play the lottery. Now the lottery has changed from a tool for financing the public to a tool for making money for the merchant. In the article “ The Lottery is for Losers ” by Laurence Berkley‚ the author points out‚ people forgot the main point for lottery is financing the public‚ but now they only see the impossible benefit for their self. There are three
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When Hannah Arendt completed her work The Origins of Totalitarianism‚ she essentially took a historical approach for her analysis. The stories of Nazism and Stalinism exhibited the power of reorienting the mass for political purpose. However‚ her work foreshadowed what happened 15 years later in China -- The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. The key elements reappeared and constituted another experiment of pushing the regime to be totalitarian. I argue that the influence of mass and the strategy
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The story‚ "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is about tradition. A word usually tied to happy events like anniversaries‚ family vacations‚ and holidays‚ Jackson presents the concept in a much more sinister light. While there are hints of what is to come‚ the events portrayed are similar to what one would expect to find in a small village’s long standing custom. The first‚ misleading bit of evidence lies in the very first paragraph. The day is described as "clear and sunny"‚ with "flowers
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The totalitarianism traits of ideology‚ control of information and persecution led to the Rape of Nanking which was another atrocity committed by Japan. Ideology is making goals that will benefit the government or state. Control of information is censorship to make citizens think positively about the government or state. Furthermore‚ persecution is the belief of wrongdoing of the enemies of different ethnic‚ religious or political groups. An example of ideology used by the Japanese government
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