Background of Study
Literature can be represented as a reflection of the relativity of social life that exists around us. Actually, the word ‘literature’ have changed their meaning over time. The lack of a definition, which could be applied to all works regarded as literature is not necessarily always be a bad thing. Many of the most useful words in all languages are useful precisely because they do not mention something very specific, but they identify a range of meanings and related to the phenomena. M. H. Abrams in the Glossary of Literary Terms said that “In its application to imaginative writing, ‘literature’ has an evaluative as well as a descriptive function so that it’s proper to use has become a matter of contention” (2005:178). The …show more content…
Ellison’s short story was first published in the literary journal Tomorrow in November 1944. The reader may find out that this story is an excerpt from Elisson’s novel “Invisible Man”, but the work was intended to stand on its own. In this story, the author tries to give a unique way about delivering a powerful piece of contemporary literature which speaks about a story of black American who drive into the past to the point of his own sanity as the impact of the economy and culture in the American …show more content…
Gambling is simultaneously charged with degrading humanity and praised for being its economic savior (1998). What all sides can agree upon is that gambling is growing all across the globe and that its growth creates important implications for culture, economics, and communication. Dunstan (1997) argued that America has a strange relationship with gambling, characterized by ever-changing societal standards and laws. In American history, gambling has been a belief as immoral at different sides; gamblers fit well within our current culture, which easy to gain the prizes, material wealth and winning at all cost while still believing in the principles of democracy and equality.
Gambling not only common in America society but it has also become socially acceptable. In this short story, Americans still put down their hard-earned money at games of chance. It could be seen since the country’s inception, gambling has appeared there. A black young man seems to summarize the feelings of millions of Americans who risk his hard-earned money in hopes of winning the
Literature can be represented as a reflection of the relativity of social life that exists around us. Actually, the word ‘literature’ have changed their meaning over time. The lack of a definition, which could be applied to all works regarded as literature is not necessarily always be a bad thing. Many of the most useful words in all languages are useful precisely because they do not mention something very specific, but they identify a range of meanings and related to the phenomena. M. H. Abrams in the Glossary of Literary Terms said that “In its application to imaginative writing, ‘literature’ has an evaluative as well as a descriptive function so that it’s proper to use has become a matter of contention” (2005:178). The …show more content…
Ellison’s short story was first published in the literary journal Tomorrow in November 1944. The reader may find out that this story is an excerpt from Elisson’s novel “Invisible Man”, but the work was intended to stand on its own. In this story, the author tries to give a unique way about delivering a powerful piece of contemporary literature which speaks about a story of black American who drive into the past to the point of his own sanity as the impact of the economy and culture in the American …show more content…
Gambling is simultaneously charged with degrading humanity and praised for being its economic savior (1998). What all sides can agree upon is that gambling is growing all across the globe and that its growth creates important implications for culture, economics, and communication. Dunstan (1997) argued that America has a strange relationship with gambling, characterized by ever-changing societal standards and laws. In American history, gambling has been a belief as immoral at different sides; gamblers fit well within our current culture, which easy to gain the prizes, material wealth and winning at all cost while still believing in the principles of democracy and equality.
Gambling not only common in America society but it has also become socially acceptable. In this short story, Americans still put down their hard-earned money at games of chance. It could be seen since the country’s inception, gambling has appeared there. A black young man seems to summarize the feelings of millions of Americans who risk his hard-earned money in hopes of winning the