...Goodman Brown” and “The Lottery” By: Melissa A. Reeves Professor Andrew Smith ENGL 102-B46 LUO Thesis Statement The stories “The Lottery” and “Young Goodman Brown” both appear to show that human behavior and judgment can be flawed, even if the person’s intentions appear good to them. There is a level of fear and underlying evil in Puritan settings in both stories. I. Introduction/Statement of Thesis II. Themes and Author’s Purpose A. The Lottery i. Just because something has always been done, does not make it right or just; following the crowd can be dangerously wrong and evil. ii. The author shows through symbolism and storytelling that people can be easily influenced by society and those around them. iii. Also, the themes or persecution is addressed. B. Young Goodman Brown i. The theme is that believing that you are a righteous person does not always make you righteous. ii. The idea of doing one evil thing, but justifying it because it is only one time and he will never do it again and will be a good man afterward is addressed. III. Conclusion Symbolism found within “The Lottery” and “Young Goodman Brown” Melissa A. Reeves Liberty University Professor Andrew Smith 08/03/2014 Symbolism is found within both stories “The Lottery” and “Young Goodman Brown”. In both stories, symbols help in conveying the theme to the reader. In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, symbols are used...
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...for life or for money, success in never guaranteed. Within the fiction selections, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson and "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence winning a gamble are depicted as luck. It is clear in both of these selections that winning is not always a positive thing. Introduction: * Thesis statement * Opening statements about how the two short stories are compared and contrasted. Body: Paragraph 1 * Topic sentence that focuses on similarities: Gambling for something valuable. One is gambling for money while the other is for luck. * Paul was hopeful and cared for his family * Tessie was hopeful as well but cared more about herself than her family. Body: Paragraph 2 * Topic sentence which focuses on differences: One character was fortunate and hopeful while the other character was unfortunate and unpleasant Conclusion: * A summary of the similarities’ and differences of the two short stories. Paul in the end is more successful than Tessie is. Gambling is always a risky behavior, and whether it is for life or for money, success in never guaranteed. Within the fiction selections, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson and "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence winning a gamble is depicted as luck that comes with consequences. It is clear in both of these selections that winning is not always a positive thing. In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, the main character we focus on is Tessie. Tessie finds herself gambling...
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...expectation which results in their untimely death. Outline I. Introduction II. Differences a. Mrs. Hutchinson’s attitude b. Paul is determined to find luck i. Ambitious ii. Driven iii. Appears Unhappy c. Differing states of sanity III. Similarities d. Little power e. Slaves to expectation f. Did not try to escape IV. The trouble with Mrs. Hutchinson and Paul g. Both characters fall prey to the expectations and pressures of society iv. Paul’s mother v. The towns people h. They both accepted the conclusion of the story V. Conclusion Intense pressure can inevitably bring forth unwarranted loss. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse Winner” each feature characters that face an early death as a result of either personal or societal pressure. The authors show many similarities as well as differences that are evident in the characterization of their protagonists. Despite their parallel endings, Mrs. Hutchinson and Paul display diverse personality traits as well as different states of sanity. It is, however, the similarities that outweigh the differences between these characters. Both exhibit an air of powerlessness to outside forces, while neither one of them attempt to change it. Thus, they meet their demise, accepting that they are bound to the situation they found themselves in. The protagonists in these stories become slaves...
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...impacts of conduct and its consequences for the bliss of the host and impacts it has on others. It is a coherent request which takes a gander at circumstances and end results. An ethical person would effectively amplify constructive outcomes of an activity by comprehension the morals behind each result. Ethics are standards representing a persons conduct and regularly the consequences of morals, yet might likewise be based upon a self-assertive conviction framework. An ethical individual would take after good sets of accepted rules notwithstanding when the outcome does not favor him. A person’s profound quality and what is ethically seen right or wrong is regularly characterized by the morals of that society. For instance, taking is ethically wrong in a general public which values respectability (the responsibility for) on the grounds that when seen from a moral perspective, if everybody stole then collaboration would be disheartened and individuals would need to put a great deal of exertion...
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...1. What associations does the word “lottery” have for you? Did this effective how you read the story originally? How and why? The word “lottery” to me has only one meaning, to win something of great value and to basically have a good outcome of whatever it is that you win. Winning the lottery has to do with being lucky and having people envious of you. When I read the title of the story I started reading it with the intentions of someone having enough luck to win something of great value, but I started to think that there had to be some kind of con to winning it. I just assumed that “The Lottery” was going to be about good fortune but with an ending that wasn’t what the reader was expecting because it is seldom that I read anything that has to do with all good and no bad. 2. Why does Jackson begin the story with such a glorious description of the town? I think Jackson’s intent was to put the reader at ease, make them think of the most perfect scenario of a town. I believe that she did this just to catch the readers off guard and add some shock to the story. I thought it portrayed the scenario as “a great day to be alive” 3. To what degree has the lottery been kept a tradition in this society? How does it seem almost religious? Use specific examples from the text to discuss how the lottery is religious. The lottery is a tradition in the ways that they prepare for it, and the same box that they use every time and the process of the drawing how the head of the house goes...
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...moment hit, it is seized upon, and that is sometimes considered luck by other. In reviewing the notion of this question, one must ask if you want to take the literal meaning, or figurative meaning of the statement. If taken literally, one must think that luck is needed for opportunity. Figuratively, the statement reflects that anyone can make their own luck. Being prepared, doing the work that others are unwilling or unable to do, will be the reward itself. Opportunity comes to those who prepare for it. One may wish to call this luck. However, the truly lucky often find themselves in unexpected situations, often with dire consequences. Take winners of the lottery. Picking the correct 6 numbers is pure luck. To my knowledge, no one has successfully formulated a way to consistently pick winners. If you look at the research, 90 percent of lottery winners go...
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...lot of option to wish for to satisfy someone’s greed or wellbeing. Money is an example of a wish that satisfy someone’s greed or wellbeing. In the story Monkey’s Paw, the White family wish for two hundred pounds and it was wish granted, but with a consequence. This is why hard work and inspiration should motivate people to be successful and not just rely on wishes. The story Monkey’s Paw, demonstrate how dangerous wishes can be from using unnatural object to grant them. Morris stated in Monkey’s Paw “It has caused me enough mischief already.” Even though Morris did not say what his three wishes were, the monkey’s paw had cause him enough trouble in his life when he received it. Receiving an item that look creepy and have the ability to grant wishes seems dangerous to keep around. Morris also said the man before him also has his three wishes granted, but his last one is for death. That right there is a big clue that should ring the bell of how dangerous using anything weird granting wishes. Morris view the monkey’s paw as something that should not exist in the world anymore and that it should be destroy. This is why he threw the paw into the fire to get rid of....
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...Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series January 2014 EfD DP 14-01 A Review of Beijing’s Vehicle Lottery Short-Term Effects on Vehicle Growth, Congestion, and Fuel Consumption J un Y an g, Yi ng Li u, Pi ng Q i n, an d An tu ng A. Li u Environment for Development Centers Central America Research Program in Economics and Environment for Development in Central America Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) Email: centralamerica@efdinitiative.org Chile Research Nucleus on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (NENRE) Universidad de Concepción Email: chile@efdinitiative.org China Environmental Economics Program in China (EEPC) Peking University Email: china@efdinitiative.org Ethiopia Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI/AAU) Email: ethiopia@efdinitiative.org Kenya Environment for Development Kenya University of Nairobi with Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) Email: kenya@efdinitiative.org South Africa Environmental Economics Policy Research Unit (EPRU) University of Cape Town Email: southafrica@efdinitiative.org Tanzania Environment for Development Tanzania University of Dar es Salaam Email: tanzania@efdinitiative.org Sweden Environmental Economics Unit University of Gothenburg Email: info@efdinitiative.org USA (Washington, DC) Resources for the Future (RFF) Email: usa@efdintiative.org The Environment...
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...THE MATHEMATICS OF LOTTERY Odds, Combinations, Systems ∏ Cătălin Bărboianu INFAROM Publishing Applied Mathematics office@infarom.com http://www.infarom.com http://probability.infarom.ro ISBN 978-973-1991-11-5 Publisher: INFAROM Author: Cătălin Bărboianu Correction Editor: CarolAnn Johnson Copyright © INFAROM 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole work or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of formulas and tables, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of Copyright Laws, and permission for use must always be obtained from INFAROM. 2 Contents (of the complete edition) Introduction ...................................................................................... 5 The Rules of Lottery ...................................................................…. 11 Supporting Mathematics ......................................................…....... 15 Probability space ..............................................................…......... 16 Probability properties and formulas used .........................…......... 19 Combinatorics …………………………………………………... 22 Parameters of the lottery matrices …………………………......... 25 Number Combinations .......………….………………………...
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...oppression, violence, disease, scarcity, and/or pollution for the benefit of a select minority or some unnatural societal goal. I am going to discuss how the short story “The Lottery," by Shirley Jackson and the film Demolition Man directed by Marco Brambilla exhibits dystopian. In the short story “They Lottery” the author makes a society where the town people are willing to kill each other in order to preserve a their idea of balance and success. The town in "The Lottery,” have employed what they sees as the fairest way to continue this ancient tradition. “The Lottery” is a story of misguidance and ultimate horror. The way the plot is structured takes the audience from one extreme (a very sunny, happy day) to another (a ghastly murder). The town is described as a simple and beautiful one, with children running and playing, happy to be out of school for the summer. The reader is led to believe that everything is perfect and the community is gathering for a raffle of some kind. After all, the story’s title is “The Lottery”. Lotteries have a positive connotation in most peoples’ mind. Lotteries are usually grouped with things such as money or winning of some sort. The community don’t seem to be looking out for its own people or think this could be a unrealistic tradition. The townspeople in “The Lottery” never give so much as a “sorry but we’re super crowded” excuse as to why the drawing is held or how it ever got started; the townspeople participate voluntarily and without...
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...AN IB MATH SL INTERNAL ASSESSMENT ABOUT THE PROBABILITY AND LOTTERIES Student’s name Course Institution Date Application of Birthday Paradox With regards to the investigation of the application of birthday paradox, it becomes vital to follow some basic rules that relates with lottery1. In this case, consider the situation of a ticket SuperCash. In this case, make a choice of six various numbers that have a range from 1 to 39 with the objective of marking them on the panels. In this regard, it is possible to calculate the odds for winning the jackpot of a value of $350,000 through the use of the combinatorics simply because the order of the numbers does not have an effect on the outcomes. Following the basic equation of combinatorics; ∅k=∅!k!∅-k! Where ∅ = refers to the number of numbers to choose from; k = number of numbers that are chosen. 39!6!39-6!= 39!6!33!= 3262623 sets of numbers In consequence, the odd that leads to the winning of the lottery are in this case has a value of 1 with respect to the quantity of the set of the possible combinations2. 13262623≅0.00003% 1Huck, Schuyler W. 2012. Reading Statistics And Research. Boston: Pearson.23 2ibd.45 Upon the application of the general formula to the lotteries will require the use of the birthday paradox with the objective of finding the solution of the problem. However, it is worth to first find the manner in which the paradox works altogether. Based on the birthday paradox, with the consideration of a room situation...
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...Ethics & Gambling Matthew J. Nagle Sociology 120 Kathleen Marker 5/14/2013 The extent of gambling in our state has just exploded with all the casinos that are erected and functional across Pennsylvania. I can go to about six casinos with the closest being approx. three miles to an estimated sixty miles and that is just in the eastern part of the state. “Gambling has been a part of human culture since history was first recorded. It involves three elements: consideration, chance, and reward” (McAuliffe, 2006). I speak of this because after years of experience gambling legally and illegally, I still find myself in moral and ethical situation from time to time. Furthermore, I often wonder where the social and ethical responsibility lye, on the patron only or do we place some of the burden on the casinos and bookmakers. “Compulsive gambling is a serious disorder, as exhibited by extraordinarily high rates of suicide, severe depression, alcohol abuse, and crime” (Unknown). Understanding, that a casino has tracked, recorded your every move in and out, and, every monetary transaction you have attempted and completed in said casino. There must be an equal footing for each to accept responsibility for acting irresponsible. In my findings, I intend to reveal ethical issues related to problem gamblers, casino promotions, and enticements, overall ethical concerns involving both state and church, and finally, some examples to tie it all together. For now, let us look at how...
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...Susan Opino ENG 201-0905 02/27/2016 Paper 1: The Lottery 998 words Whenever we hear about a lottery, the word invokes quite naturally, a sense of hope-the expectations of winning something. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” further confirms the sense of hope in the first few paragraphs. It’s a beautiful summer day, the grass is green, flowers are blooming, kids are playing. But in the ensuing paragraphs, we start to see that something is not quite right in this environment of hope. It is the following of an annual ritual. This is the 77th celebration, which means that they are archaic in some way and rooted in traditions of superstitions that seem to involve crops and human sacrifice. The thoughtless following of rituals in “The Lottery”, is appalling, but not as much as the mindless rituals observed by the modern society. Shirley Jackson’s story, “The Lottery”, is set in a small New England town. The inhabitants are gathered in the the small town square. Its June 27th, on a beautiful summer day. They are in a convivial mood for a yearly ritual, “The Lottery”. Mr. Summers, who seem to be in charge of the the assembly brings forth a black box with hundreds of slips of paper inside. Names of all family members in the town are collected. Bill Hutchinson draws a slip of paper with a dark spot meaning that his family has been chosen. The drawing continues in the second round for each individual family member to draw; regardless of age. After the drawing is over, Tessie Hutchinson...
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...Gambling is a complex and intriguing human activity. When it appeared long ago, it seen as popular, but it has cycled to the opposite extreme to be rebuked, condemned and repressed as a social evil. More precisely, Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs) are one important aspect of gambling that affects gamblers and makes them addicts. These machines are often refered to as the “crack cocaine of gambling”, “one armed bandits” or even the “devil`s television”. First, to uncover the VLTs world, we need to go back and explore the history of these machines. Then, we need to emphasize on the relation between the population and the machines: what attracts people and how? Following this, view by a psychological manner, we have to focus on the fact that VLTs are not random and how people are enslaved by them. Also, the explanation of how these slot machines are taking money from people and their effects. Statistics revealed by a professor who studied gambling in Las Vegas said that 78 per cent of pathological gamblers had thought about suicide and 49 per cent had attempted it; 35.5 per cent said they stole from work to pay for their gambling and 27.5 per cent said they filed for brankruptcy. Finally, the role of the government and the economy will be introduced, and some solutions for addicted gamblers must be included. First, a little historical introduction is important to analyse where the gambling and VLTs came from. The earliest reference to gambling is found in ancient Egypte displaying...
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...A The views on the relation between wealth and happiness presented in text 1 and 2 are different. David Brooks, text 1, does not think that money has anything to do with happiness. In fact he contrasts being in a well-functioning marriage and other social relations with having a well-paid career. His main argument is that personal relations are much more important than having a great career and all the money that comes with it. Brooks makes an example with Sandra Bullock. Two important things happened to her in one month; she won an Academy Award for best actress – and afterwards came the news reports claiming that her husband is an adulterous jerk. In light of this Brooks argues that marital happiness is far more important than anything else in determining personal well-being. If you have a successful marriage, you will be reasonably happy. If you have an unsuccessful marriage, it does not matter how many career triumphs you record, you will remain unfulfilled. Therefore personal relations are much more important than having a great career and lots of money. Brooks concludes that people in general have a tendon to overestimate the value of money. Text 2, written by Stephanie Rosenbloom, has a different focus than text 1. Rosenbloom is looking at which way of spending your money gives most happiness. According to Rosenbloom it matters how we choose to spend our money – in fact she argues; if we choose to spend our money on something that we have wanted and thought about buying...
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