By way of her appearance, she has definitely made herself obvious to the reader at this point; she’s pretty much made herself stick out like a sore thumb amongst the townspeople and to the reader. Then we pan to the actual drawing where followed by several other townsfolk have picked their tickets, Mrs. Hutchinson encourages her husband to go up and draw his ticket as if it were some game show; this is definitely not “The price is right!” where the participants come running up stage, excited and exuberantly, to test their luck, no. It’s much worse than that, and Tessie treats the lottery as if it’s the lottery the way
Gang life is normal to a lot of us, especially when we see family members breaking the law” (P.19) The gang provides Maria with an image of well-being and power. Her life story is pretty common for inner-city youths: poverty, dysfunctional family, lack of parental supervision and positive social values, peer group pressures and teachers who give up too easily on their students. School and a future of minimum wage jobs don't hold much allure for Maria and her friends so she moves into an apartment with the girls in the gang who become her surrogate sisters. They enjoy the easy life of criminals suffused with drugs, alcohol and casual sex. The gang protects them from random street violence, and she dedicates herself to fighting the “crew”.
The Hutchinson family was the unfortunate winners of the first round and then they had to pick among themselves. Mrs. Hutchinson makes an accusation that her husband simply did not have enough time to draw a good slip of paper. This was the first conflict in this story. A woman, who previously had no objections to this yearly event, is now protesting the unfairness of the outcome because she was the unfortunate one. By reading this story you begin to wonder what the lottery really I because if it was really a lottery that would be the wrong response to a good thing.
Twyla and Roberta bond over spying on the older girls as they smoked and danced, and they always got a laugh out of yelling mean things at Maggie. At the picnic, one of their last interactions at the orphanage, the reader gets clues about the girls’
Every once in a while one would squeeze the other’s hand in a gesture of reassurance, and they would giggle softly.” That means that they are close friends and they support each other. They are ignoring the differences of race and religion. In spite of these differences, Mildred and Yvette are best friends. The story shows us that the school separated the children for no good reason. It says, “because of school rules, free-lunch children and bag-lunch children could not sit in the same section, and the two girls always ate separately” (p.52).
Most young people can benefit from having a trusting relationship with an older person. In the story “Thank You, Ma’am,” by Langston Hughes, a young man named Roger tries to steal a woman’s purse. She stops him and drags him home to her house. In the hour that follows, he learns a lot from her. He learns that life is hard for everyone, being poor doesn’t mean you should make poor decisions, and that people can generous if you have a real need.
He has an incredible number of pet names for Nora, including “squirrel”, “little lark”, “spendthrift”, and “sweet tooth” (Ibsen 794 -830). He uses these names almost every time he speaks to her, as if she is his little pet in his very businesslike household. In a particular part in one of their meaningless conversations, Torvald treats her like a child and says, “Don’t deny it, my dear little Nora. Spendthrifts are sweet, but they use up a frightful amount of money.
Lorianna Renteria Professor Diane Hart English 11 8 March 2012 SWA #2- The Lottery In the short story “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, suppression plays a big part in the story. In Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: the Use of Reason in Everyday life, it gives an example of a student failing a certain class, “a student failing a statistics course may block his anxiety by thinking about happier events- his new girlfriend, an upcoming dance, a sports event- or anything else that will suppress his deep-seated fear of failure,” (pg. 136). The reader can see this type of suppression in the story because although everyone fears their family and family members will get picked as “the lucky lottery winner,” they put those thoughts aside because
Jackson’s “The Lottery” Tessie Hutchinson was perfectly content partaking in the lottery. Tessie even went as far as to make a joke about her late arrival “Wouldn’t have me leave m’dishes in the sink (p.222)”. In response to Mr. Summers thinking everybody would have to go on with the lottery without her. Ultimately, Tessie won “The Lottery”, and she officially became the new scapegoat. Human nature came into play and survival mode kicked in for Tessie, stating “It isn’t fair” (p.333) she said.
They all appeared to be friends; however, two of the girls appeared to be in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship with two of the boys in the group. The other girl and two boys appeared to be hanging out with their friends and those in relationships seemed welcoming and attentive to their presence. This group of children was not as playful as the elementary age girls. They seemed to be in a good mood and enjoying the time they were spending with their peers. They talked about school, other children, sports, shopping, television shows, Facebook, cell phones, the football game, their plans for the weekend, and the homecoming parade and court.