"The Lottery" is a short story about the dangers of unexamined traditions and the dark side of the human nature. Shirley Jackson reveals a shocking dark look into society that lampoons traditions, families, and the cruelty that all humans can reveal towards each other. It seems in the story that we are reminded of how a society can seemingly blindly follow any tradition without truly knowing the source, or even why the tradition is followed. It's been proven many times that societies can follow a tradition simply on the fact that they were taught that as a child, or at a younger age, and it was just how they were raised. The story reminds me of a Psychological study about a group of monkeys that were kept in a room where they hung bananas over a ladder in the middle of the room.
He does this by things such as calling her nicknames with negative characteristics, such as his little lark, spendthrift and featherhead. Both Nora and Torvald, put on a face for the rest of the world and each other. Surprisingly, these choices of façade complimented each other. We gradually see how it isn’t good enough for her, yet hides it anyways through most of the play. In this era, it is expected for a woman to go straight from her father’s hand to her husband’s and the sacrifices it meant.
When this book was written in the 1970’s, America was going through a drastic change in culture with the help of the civil rights movement. During this time period it took a while for some Americans to adjust to the situation because they felt a little uncomfortable with all of the changes that were occurring and furthered the idea that people are afraid of change. In Silko’s novel, the people of Laguna are simply afraid of change because of the way they treated Tayo, who was known as a “half-breed” (Native American descent mixed with Caucasian). A character by the name of Night Swan, discussed with Tayo about that issue. Night Swan told Tayo with an understanding tone, “I saw the color of your eyes.” She addressed the fact that he was embarrassed because he was of a mixed ethnicity.
Staci Whitten Kamrar Writing 115 4-20-11 My Response on, I want a Wife, By Judy Brady The article I Want a Wife, by Judy Brady was a very up- setting, heart racing and a very mind boggling article to have to read. I thought this essay was a piece of crap. I thought it was very sexist, and is very degrading on women. If I would be able to say a few words to the author I’d tell them that they should be a shamed of writing this. When I first started reading this i started getting upset than my feeling of upset went to mad, then that went from mad to beyond pissed off.
“The Lottery”. I was very interested in the Shirley Jackson’s short story named “The Lottery” due to its controversial thematic. The author makes a heavy criticism of old traditions blind followed that sometimes people do just because they were told to, by their ancestors. Since the story was presented and, even more, after watching the film about it, I kept thinking regarding the reasons for doing things in life. As I’ve always been a rebel, I was captivated by this story, and in certain way I felt identified with the author because she presents the whole situation as if it was anything normal and quotidian when it is really a deep drama.
I had built up my confidence to just recite my piece but when I had to alter it threw me off a little. I had prepared myself to perform my piece with the opposite gender but when Denise told me I had to start punching Mike the words I had remembered got jumbled up and I felt
Most people in our society today deceive others regarding the real situation around them to the point where they have been deceiving themselves. Through Morrison’s novel, Sula, her essay, Black Matters, and the painting Sisters of the Sun by Keith Mallet, it can be seen that sometimes people fail to see the inevitable events around them and ultimately lead to their realization that they are actually the ones who are problematic in their own lives. Deceiving ourselves can lead us to realize that we are actually the ones who are as problematic as our peers. This can be demonstrated in the novel, Sula, by Toni Morrison. Sula and Nel had been friends since they were very young.
Pathos is the rhetorical strategy that is used to tug on peoples heart strings and make them understand what the author or in this artist is trying to get across. Every lyric in this song could be traced back to pathos but I have picked a select few that really stood out to me. “After all this time that we tried I found out we were living a lie”, when you here Ashanti sing this line you can hear all the pain inside of her because her partner has been cheating on her. The next lyric that stood out to me was “I thought it was you and I now all I’ve got to say is why?” This lyric was used to show how disappointed she was that they were not together anymore. In all I think that pathos was the best approach to get the listener to understand where she was coming from and to understand her
Name: My Trinh Individuality and Social Conformity The purpose of this essay is about the theme relationship about individuality and social conformity and how it applies in today’s world with the reading selection by Doris Lessing and David Brooks. Throughout history, individuals have felt torn between adhering to established social norms and expectation and showing their individuality by rising up against conformity. The negative aspects of group think that is what Doris Lessing was referring to as dangerous –belong to a group but not understanding its rules and what are the reasons why some people rebel against groups and societies is what Brooks referred to as rebellion. There are number reasons why people conform. First, we may want to be a part of a group - a family, a community, accompany, a society.
Language Analysis With many people in the world being confused with who they are and diagnosed with gender identity disorder, gender changes have been made possible in our day and age. Gender changes and transsexuals, however, have long been a hotly debated issue in society. Following the ever growing debate over whether gender changes are morally acceptable or not, two writers express their views on the controversial issue. In a newspaper article, Michelle Griffin outlines the rights that confused people diagnosed with gender identity disorder deserve. She does this in an accepting and reasonable tone, contending that those who believe they have been born in the wrong body have a right to have a gender change operation because “it’s [their] choice after all.” Griffin intends to target those who are sceptical or scared of the idea of transgendered people with this piece as she tried to change their views by educating them more on the issue at hand.