Destructive Traditions Within "The Lottery" Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery"‚ raises many questions in the back of a reader’s mind towards the destructive yet blind rituals of mankind. "The Lottery" clearly expresses Jackson’s feelings concerning mankind’s evil nature hiding behind traditions and rituals. As her theme‚ she shows how coldness and lack of compassion in people can exhibit in situations regarding tradition and values. Jackson presents the theme of the short story with the use of
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Tradition or Annual Murder? "It isn’t fair‚ it isn’t right‚" Mrs. Hutchinson screamed‚ as her fellow villagers end their inhuman tradition. The story takes place in a very small village where tradition is kept no matter what and very important to the villagers. Their tradition is not like any other and is a yearly event‚ which has been named the lottery. The lottery is not like the typical lottery where one is a winner of money or something good but is one in which a person in the village
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Winning the lottery would seem like a great thing to almost every human participating in it. In Texas about 20‚000‚000 citizens participate in the lottery every year. Far much larger than a village in “The Lottery” with a population of about 300. Among that 300 are Old Man Warner who is the eldest man in town‚ and Tessie who was the unlucky winner. Although in most lotteries the outcome of winning is usually pretty satisfying. In this narrative‚ Tessie soon learns to never take anything in life
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1. 3.01 Unfair Discrimination Dr. Takem uses the information gained in sessions with her patient Sam to charge an upgraded fee. Prior to learning about Sam’s inheritance the fee schedule was $45/session. After learning the additional information about the sizeable inheritance‚ Dr. Takem changed the fee schedule to $125/session. Her reasoning behind this was “the fee needs to be high for him to perceive the therapy as valuable and worth his effort and time”. 2. 3.04 Avoiding Harm Dr. Takem caused
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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson covers the issue of the human instinct to go along with the herd mentality and not question the ethics of a situation‚ often in order to be accepted by peers. This mentality is what causes stock market crashes. In the past it has gone to an extreme in situations like the holocaust‚ the Salem witch trials‚ and the French Revolution. The internet and Sporting events are less extreme examples of herd mentality. The story can be assumed to be based in the late 1940s‚
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Traditions over Common Sense Francisco Montanez English 1302 Professor Duncan April 24‚ 2014 Francisco Montanez Professor Duncan English 1302 24 April 2014 Traditions over Common Sense Traditions are a very important aspect of human life. They are seen as another way of life. Many traditions teach things of value to children‚ things which parents hope will be passed on to future generations. In many societies however‚ traditions have taken over the common sense of the
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Gerry Gault Case Unfair The case about Gerry Gault was an obscene phone call that he made. Gerry was 15 when he was taken to the juvenile detention center. Gerry wasn’t told what his crime was when he was taken in by the police. His parents didn’t know where he was either because the police didn’t tell them. Gerry made an obscene phone call this was claimed by Mrs. Cook. Gerry Gault’s case was unfair because he wasn’t told what the charges were‚ he was sent to the juvenile detention center without
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“Lottery in June‚ corn be heavy soon‚” (pg 52‚ line 260-261) sounds promising RIGHT? “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is about a beautiful nice June 27th when people are gathering around and one person is going to hell. The lottery was created was because the village had to sacrificing someone for a good harvest and now it’s just for tradition. Let’s go into detail on why the lottery was created. In the story‚ Shirley secretly wrote about how a lottery helped the village grow a harvest. Let’s see
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I’m going to talk about if I won the lottery. In the first place‚ If I won the lottery‚ I would study and improve my English to an excellent level. After that‚ I would like to travel all over the world and choose some interesting places such as Venice‚ New York ‚Japan‚ or New Zealand‚ to live there two or three years. Those are my favourite places. Living in those places would give the change to make many friends. On the other hand‚ when I get old‚ I would go back to my country and I would purchase
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done so why change it now? This is the way many people think and don’t see a problem with it. They go along with the status quo whether it is right or wrong. In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson the townspeople are hesitant to refuse traditions that would be considered wrong and evil by most people. This story gives the lottery a bad reputation. The first thing that comes to mind is winning a sum of money or goods. In the beginning‚ the story suggests that the people are going to draw for a
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