These stories are similar in many ways but they also have many differences; “The Lottery” seems to take place in an older New England village in 1948 when the people were a bit more barbaric than they are now whereas “Harrison Bergeron” takes place in the future, in the year 2081 somewhere in middle-America. In both stories, the main character, or what seems to be the main character, gets punished for questioning or defying the way of life in their hometown and both die while a family member(s) watch them. In both “The Lottery” and “Harrison Bergeron”, the societies the people live in may seem barbaric, but in reality, they really do not differ much from today’s societies being that everyone seems to be fighting for equality. After reading these two stories, it makes me wonder; do people really want equality? At what cost will we gain this equality?
What the kids do not know is that the time period was associated with conflict between the Native Indians and the Pilgrims which resulted in the killing of millions of native people. Since 1970, the day designated for thanksgiving was a day for protesters to gather to remember those that were lost in the war. That is why some Indian Americans do not celebrate Thanksgiving. It is painted as what it was not and people need to be told
The themes that occur every day and in the novel “Destroying Avalon” and the film “The Colour Purple” are death/loss, bullying and relationships. Death/loss is something that occurs every day in society and people must overcome it to move on with their lives. Death is an equaliser to mankind regardless of our social structure, we all view death as a sadness because it is the end of our physical relationships. However the death of a young person is what creates the most despair for those who are left behind. For example in “Destroying Avalon” Avalon had to face the death of her best friend Marshall who took his own life because of being bullied for so many years and not letting anyone to support him through his tough times.
Guatemala's government was the main reason why this genocide took place, they were to selfish to share their land. One thing I found hard to believe, is that this Genocide is still continuing today. It's clearly not as large as it use to be, but as a small little war, it is still continuing. I also learned that when they killed 626 villages this caused a horrific decrease in people. This Genocide killed 200,000 orphans and 80,000 widows.
One of the most-popular, and largest, lotteries offered is the Mega Millions game. Mega Millions, which began on August 31, 1996 as the Big Game, is a U.S. multi-jurisdictional $1 lottery game played in 44 jurisdictions: 42 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Since it replaced The Big Game in May 2002, Mega Millions' advertised jackpots have started at $12 million, paid in 26 yearly installments (unless the cash option is chosen), increasing when there is no jackpot winner. The Mega Million annuity is an annuity due, where the periodic payments are made at the beginning of the period, as opposed to a regular annuity where the payments are made at the end of each period (Mega Millions). Mega Millions holds the record for the largest jackpot in North American history, a $656 million dollar jackpot won on April 30, 2012.
Andrew Gaudioso has to write a postcard every week to a family because he killed their son. The man killed a 2 tour veteran in the war of Iraq named Thomas Towers who was a United States soldier. I don’t find the punishment to be enough because he killed a man that was risking his life for our country. Also, I say the punishment isn’t enough because every week he reminds the family of what he has done and also there is no certainty that he is meaning what he is writing. For example the father doesn’t believe that what he is writing is true.
When people tend to hear the word tradition, without a doubt they would think of something in relation to good or positive. Yet it was a different scenario in “The Lottery” and was very shocking to many readers. People were stoned and killed year after year for apparently no reason other than it being a tradition. No one knows where it came from or how it all started, they just kept it running. Everyone in town participated in the lottery from even the youngest children to the oldest people.
One of the ways Kim Jong-Il and Napoleon from Animal Farm are similar is that they both rule by fear. Speaking out against the actions of Napoleon or Kim Jong-Il can lead to very serious consequences. In North Korea speaking bad of “The Dear Leader’ can either get you killed or you and your whole family could end up in a work camp. Ending up in work camp causes you and your family to stay there for 3 generations. Having these work camps and hearing of all the bad things that go on in there makes the people think twice about speaking out against the government.
If your life was in jeopardy, every day is you telling me. You wouldn't need weaponry just because of your felony. Consider this at least, I got everybody sweating me. On the streets is people who won't rest unless I rest in peace. Killed my folk a year ago, still in Robinson 2 my sleep they threaten me.
The Analysis of the Lottery The short story “The Lottery” narrated a story about the people of a small town held an activity of lottery and the person who got the lottery would be hit to death by stones for the sake of harvest of the following year. Read through the whole story, we can know that the lottery completely show the blind obedience, less of rationality and cruel coldness of human nature of the whole town people. In the beginning of the story, the author described a quiet and peaceful, common and beautiful scene of the small town. For example, the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. These descriptions of the surrounding environment gave readers a kind of quiet and peaceful feeling so that it made readers think there would not happen anything bad.