Some people believe that fate determines everything that happens in your life. While others believe that your hard work is what makes you successful. Which one is right? Two authors, Emily Dickinson and Malcolm Gladwell have the same statement, but which one better states that “How much of our lives do we actually control?” Emily wrote a poem that is called “Luck is not chance” this poem states that you have to work hard to be successful. Gladwell takes the same side as Emily, but Gladwell’s stronger evidence leads people to believe that he is better at proving the question “How much of our lives do we actually control?”…
Every goal we list isn't just a dream, we will sacrifice everything in order to achieve it, and every obstacle we overcome, strengths our expectations in succeeding. Through every step, we question our luck, some of us fail and when they do, the only excuse they give is "bad luck". In my opinion, luck does exist but it won't play a huge roll in us if we worked hard enough.…
Tradition is the backbone of every established country in the world. Family, community, and even country wide traditions are extremely common. Though popular culture may change, traditions always stay the same. Why is tradition followed so closely? Many are for religious or family reasons, but how many traditions are followed blindly? What deems a tradition, or anything the crowd does, as morally acceptable? The themes of each story, Young Goodman Brown and The Lottery, deal with flaws in following the crowd.…
Written and published in 1948, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is today ranked as “one of the most famous short stories in the history of American Literature” according to author Laurie Harris. This short story focuses on a village that every year has a lottery to determine which of the towns’ people will be sacrificed in order to guarantee a good harvest for the coming year. The readers are deceptively led to believe that the lottery is a normal, casual event when in actuality it is a horrific tradition followed out of fear. A close study of theme, conflicts, conventions, style, and context in and around The Lottery reveals that religion and tradition, especially when used in a universalizing sense, is a powerful force used to control the masses. Through Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery, the author carefully uses symbolic names and objects, as well as strong historical and biblical allusion to develop this theme.…
Shirley Jackson’s lottery is really an interesting and unique story indeed and it is unlike any other boring literary stuff I read. In fact, I think it is the best story I have ever read so far. It not only has a strong and clear story setting but also has an intrigued plot. All of the characters and objects in the story have their distinctive meanings and characteristics. For example, Mr. Summer plays the role as the innovator because he suggested replacing the old shabby black box with a new one. Such simple action is not as easy as it appears to be; in fact it has a deeper hidden meaning.…
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.…
1. Were you surprised by the ending of the story? If not, at what point did you know what was going to happen? How does Jackson foreshadow the ending? Conversely, how does Jackson lull us into thinking that this is just an ordinary story with an ordinary town?…
Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery is a short story about a small village that has an event every year called the lottery. Jackson does not let the reader know right away about the irony of the lottery; it is not something the villagers would want to win. Jackson does not give away the consequences of the lottery until the end of the story. Jackson applies some strong literacy devices in her story. She manages to manipulate the reader during the story through the setting, foreshadowing point-of-view and themes.…
"The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, first published in the June 26, 1948 issue of The New Yorker.[1] Written the same month it was published, it is ranked today as "one of the most famous short stories in the history of American literature".[2] It has been described as "a chilling tale of conformity gone mad."[3]…
Every year millions of people line up at gas stations and convenience stores with the ultimate desire to be the next winner of the lottery. The lottery is a tradition in our country, a tradition that has led to thousands of winners who are deemed “the lucky ones.” However, is following tradition always a good thing? Are the winners of this desirable lottery always so lucky? Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” employs a detached, unique tone and utilizes ambiguous symbolism to reveal the inhumanity of mindlessly following societal tradition.…
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 both menace and tension.…
The central premise of Moneyball is that the collected wisdom of baseball insiders (including players, managers, coaches, scouts, and the front office) over the past century is subjective and often flawed. Statistics such as stolen bases, runs batted in, and batting average, typically used to gauge players, are relics of a 19th-century view of the game and the statistics available at that time. The book argues that the Oakland A's' front office took advantage of more analytical gauges of player performance to field a team that could compete successfully against richer competitors in Major League Baseball (MLB).…
This examination paper consists of THREE (3) sections with a total of 180 marks available.…
In addition, the antidepressants not only can adjust for age, sex and ethnicity; but also it can be used for women, who are pregnant thanks to the convenience and fast acting. There are many types of antidepressants such as tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and monoamine oxidise inhibitors (MAOIs). However, some convince that everything has two sides and it affects human’s health in long term. Despite the fact that some research shows there lots of disadvantages if the mother intake antidepressants during pregnancy because all medications will cross the placenta and reach their babies. According to a report of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (2012), reporting that women who use antidepressants during pregnancy are at increased risk of pregnancy induced hypertension. Furthermore, the antidepressants not only effect to the mother, but also effect to the baby in both mental and physical such as spontaneous abortions and congenital abnormalities. Unfortunately, according to the research of Bennett & Einarson, up to 14% of pregnant women use antidepressants during pregnancy. In addition, the antidepressants has linked it sides affects to children, adolescents and young adults ages. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (2012), an extensive analysis of clinical trials showed that antidepressants may cause or worsen suicidal thinking or behaviour in children and adolescents. As a result, the pregnant women definitely should not take any antidepressants if it is unnecessary and they have to talk with the health care providers about symptoms and struggles; and the young children have to be taken to heart and negotiated by their family with rightly treatments such as medication and private psychotherapy.…
“The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow”-Jim Hightower. Have you ever been in a situation to where you know a person or a group is doing something wrong, but you choose not to do anything about it? Have you ever done something wrong for so long that it suddenly became a lifestyle for you? Jackson’s story, “The Lottery”, when it comes to being in the wrong or not speaking up, reminds me of many situations that I have been in or situations that I have witnessed. Jackson tries to create multiple thoughts that could go through the readers’ mind. You could think, maybe this event has been around for so long, that it seems normal to the community. You could also think that everyone knows it’s wrong, but is afraid to speak up. In the beginning of the paragraph, I put in a quote about conformity. The quote is saying conformity is a result of a cowardly act. Going with the flow of society when you know it’s wrong is just as bad as not existing in society. “The Lottery” to me is a selfish act by the society.…