Traditionally Death

Authors Note: This is a 2 paragraph essay on a theme in the story “The Lottery”

What would you do if you grew up in a town that played the lottery but wasn’t for money? The story “The Lottery” is about a average happy town that has a tradition of playing the lottery. This is no ordinary lottery, this lottery is meant to kill somebody. A theme of this story would be tradition because this whole town has played the lottery for a very long time now and they grew up doing it so they do not consider it “bad” to kill the winner.

            This theme is in this story for the reason that from start to finish it has always been the town tradition. It may not be right to the average folk but to them it is what they have done their entire life so to them, it is normal. The tradition is “fun” to them but not very “normal” The towns tradition will be looked upon as anger full, but not to them, it is what they grew up with and what they know.

Are They Together?

This is a 5 paragraph essay to improve on my goal of getting a 9 or higher in text analysis. (P.S. all things are made up about the gangs, none of this is based on real world situations [yes they have all happened but it is nothing specific] and are not fun to the average person)

            Have you ever played something knowing the outcome wasn’t going to  be good? The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson can be related to by modern day gangs. This story can be a text to world piece because people play for entertainment, modern day gangs do all of the horrible thing that they do because it entertains them. These two pieces can be related in the way that they both go for entertainment, somebody possibly getting hurt, and the fact that some people/ communities have nothing better to do.

            First off, the story “The Lottery” was a small town that played the lottery, fun? No, the winner dies. This is saying that you play the price of the game. In modern day gangs, it may not be joyful for others, but to the gang members, what they do is so entertaining. They might rob a gas station, the might take that as being “their lottery” how they get money, and the fun (to them) of putting this person in danger. “The Lottery” is entertainment to the people that don’t win because they have grown up with the tradition of pelting the winner with rocks/stones.

            Secondly, in both ways, somebody could get hurt from a gang, but they will get hurt/ killed in the story “The Lottery”. They could get hurt depending on what the gang plans on doing, if they rob a bank for instance, they will probably shoot somebody, if they are robbing a old lady on the street, there is a good possibility of nobody getting seriously injured. “The Lottery” on the other hand, the winner always gets hurt/ dies because they get pelted by rocks.

            And lastly, do gangs have nothing better to do other than putting themselves and others in harm’s way? They will sit around exchanging looks, then get the bright idea to go and rob/ mug/ shoot/ stab/ gang beat somebody. “The lottery” is a town tradition but they shout change it to being something when somebody doesn’t die. These two are related from text to world because they both share a couple thing that are the same.

            In conclusion, “The Lottery” is related text to world with modern day gangs by the way that they both put somebody in harm’s way, they do it for self entertainment, and they can’t find a better way to get their own entertainment. They have to do some bad to horrible thing to find some sort of self entertainment.