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Andie M. Liu
Mrs. Sharma
Language Arts
13 October, 2015
Creative Title!!! “If blood can produce money through rituals or the so-called human sacrifice, then it is the basis on which we live, so it is very essential to save and protect it from the fiendish eyes of blood-sucking predators.” (Michael Bassey Johnson). This quote shows the things people would do to get something they want. Friendship is forgotten when one places such faith in human sacrifice and the fruitful rewards the gods bestow. In the short story, “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, a lottery is conducted in an average village, in which a quiet man, Bill Hutchinson, draws “the slip”, winning the first round. His wife, Tessie Hutchinson, protests, but to no avail; in the second round, Tessie wins by drawing a slip with the black dot and is thus stoned to death by her “friends”. To the villagers, the purpose of the lottery is to receive a good harvest and to please the gods. …show more content…
For example, Old Man Warner, an old, closed-minded tradition following man, explains this with an old saying. He states, “Used to be a saying about ‘Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon…’” (260-61). In this agricultural society, everything is centered around food and farming. Old Man WArner is saying that after they make a sacrifice to the gods, “the corn gets heavy”, or they have a plentiful harvest. Without this lottery, they wouldn’t be able to sustain themselves for food. He even worries about the
Andie M. Liu
Mrs. Sharma
Language Arts
13 October, 2015
Creative Title!!! “If blood can produce money through rituals or the so-called human sacrifice, then it is the basis on which we live, so it is very essential to save and protect it from the fiendish eyes of blood-sucking predators.” (Michael Bassey Johnson). This quote shows the things people would do to get something they want. Friendship is forgotten when one places such faith in human sacrifice and the fruitful rewards the gods bestow. In the short story, “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, a lottery is conducted in an average village, in which a quiet man, Bill Hutchinson, draws “the slip”, winning the first round. His wife, Tessie Hutchinson, protests, but to no avail; in the second round, Tessie wins by drawing a slip with the black dot and is thus stoned to death by her “friends”. To the villagers, the purpose of the lottery is to receive a good harvest and to please the gods. …show more content…
For example, Old Man Warner, an old, closed-minded tradition following man, explains this with an old saying. He states, “Used to be a saying about ‘Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon…’” (260-61). In this agricultural society, everything is centered around food and farming. Old Man WArner is saying that after they make a sacrifice to the gods, “the corn gets heavy”, or they have a plentiful harvest. Without this lottery, they wouldn’t be able to sustain themselves for food. He even worries about the