Life Is Not Fair There seems to be a lot of talk these days about what is fair‚ and what is not. President Obama seems to believe life should be fair‚ that “everybody should have a fair shake.” Some of the 99% seem to believe life has treated them unfairly‚ and some of the 1% percent feel life hasn’t treated them fairly enough. I would probably be one of those 99% people because we all know we have are moments where life just sucks. My questions are these: What is fair? Is life fair? Should life
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Life Is Not Fair Life is not fair‚ it is determined by luck but also our actions can vary the odds. This is something that people may find throughout their life just because it was meant to be. And often there is nothing you can do about it. Is this really luck‚ or did people do this‚ and what can they do to change it? Many of us grow up with the constant reminder of the phrase‚ “Life is not fair.” In a world full of crimes and dangers‚ life cannot be fair. Human society is vicious‚ cruel and
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Not everyone believes that life is not fair‚ but everyone eventually will reach a point in your life that this will come into play. For example‚ “At the front door‚ we saw fire spewing from Miss Maudie’s dining room windows (Lee 69)”. Miss Maudie did not plan this. She lost everything in her house. Maudie did not think anything like this would happen ever‚ which is not fair in her part. Therefore‚ when people say life is not always fair there are right for sure. People who could be the kindest and
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August 28th‚ 2012 Life Is Not Fair! Once a man called by the name of Bill Gates‚ creator of Microsoft‚ stated 11 rules at a high school that students will never learn in school. One of the rules that I have had experience with is rule number one‚ “Life is not fair”. I could not agree with this quote any more! The bigger picture behind this quote is that life is not what you expect of it. People make life unfair by making or throwing a fit of the challenges being thrown at you in life. Everybody in
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phrase‚ “Life is not fair.” In the world we depend on‚ which is full of crimes and danger‚ life cannot be fair. In 2007‚ six men were brutally murdered in an apartment in Surrey‚ B.C. Out of the six men‚ two were bystanders who lost their lives. Chris Mohan‚ an innocent man who walked by during the drug activity‚ was killed. Edward Schellenberg faced the same faith as Mohan while working on fireplaces in the building. They were innocent men who lost their lives because of others’ mistakes. How fair is
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“The Lottery” – by Shirley Jackson Name:_____________________________ ELA 10 Questions From the context of the story‚ who controls the town? Explain. Mr. Summers‚ Mr. Graves and Mr. Martin are the leaders of the town. Because‚ in the story‚ Mr. Summers owns the village’s largest business and also the major of the town. Mr. Summers has more “time and energy to devote to civic activities.” It indicates that he has money and leisure. Mr. Graves is the government official; the
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In “The Lottery” the characteristics describe it as a comedy. Even though the ending is tragic‚ the story contains no hero‚ and does not really teach a lesson. Rather it shows a culture of a village and it’s villagers. That leaning in culture shows more realistic‚ and more common language. Such as when Joe Summers enters the scene he says “Little late today‚ folks.” And when he needs help with carrying the black box he asks the Martins “Some of you fellows want to give me a hand?” This shows
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Kristen English II CP D MOD 9/12/13 “The Lottery” and Its Traditions In the short story “The Lottery” (1948) Shirley Jackson has a way of telling the story how it is. When you read the title‚ your mind sets on a positive thought. Funny‚ how your thoughts can affect how things really turn out to be. “The morning of June 27th” is a very important part‚ as it sets the mood for the story. Each year the small town has a gathering in a square with a heap of festivities and fun stuff going on
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Monique Lewis Ashcraft English 102 Feb. 25‚ 2013 The Lottery Following it’s publication in the New Yorker in 1948‚ Shirley Jackson’s "the lottery" aroused much controversy‚ leading to that issue of the new Yorker quickly being sold out. Through the use of comedy and irony‚ Jackson demonstrates the "pointless violence and general inhumanity in [readers] own lives" The lottery takes place in a small close knit town where tradition is taken quite seriously. Each year an event is held in which
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The Lottery On a clear morning‚ June 27th‚ the townspeople‚ men‚ women‚ and children begin to assemble for the lottery which is to begin at ten in the morning. The opening paragraphs completely mask the underlying darkness of this short story. As the reader progresses throughout the story‚ these deeper elements of the story become evident. "The Lottery" successfully combines elements of horror‚ irony‚ hypocrisy‚ and tradition in a way that fulfills Carver’s criteria of a story that exemplifies
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