Randomness

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson presents a myriad of themes that deal with the persecution of others. The fact that the chosen individual of the lottery was to be stoned to death by their peers was perhaps the most shocking and climactic moment of the story. The reader would never suspect the murderous intentions of the town’s tradition since the plot builds up in such an innocent fashion. Jackson decisively places themes in the story that satirically exploit the disadvantages of following…

At one point, life in the Great Plains was as its name may allude, great! Farmers crops flourished and produced enough for the entire country to eat and export for profits. It was a picturesque lifestyle but this quickly changed. One day you awaken to something frightening, something so terrifying and drastic that your life will be changed forever. When looking out your window, you see not bright blue skies, but billowing clouds. They are unlike any cloud you have seen before and made of dust,…

Love, it is what drives us as humans. Full of passion and full of randomness, almost like a Pandora’s Box. Never knowing what could happen or what is happening. In Shakespearean plays, Love is generalized as being a tragic ending to two lovers especially in his tragedy plays, but Love can also conquer all and all who oppose such, like in his comedic play. The three generalizations we can make from Love is that, Love conquers all, Love can cause tragedy of victims to its ruthlessness, and that…

Views on Moral Relativism Relativism is one of the main concepts of ethics. Most moral theorist relate to ethics within their articles that they had written, either being against moral relativism or being supporters. Throughout Mary Midgley’s article “Trying Out One’s New Sword,” she argues about the problems that are related to moral relativism. Another philosopher, John Arthur wrote an article “Religion, Morality and Conscience,” which also addresses the issue of relativism from the…

Tunneling to the Awakening An awakening can lead to many things. Results such as finding out a person’s abilities or intentions. In Kevin Wilson’s collection of short stories, Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, Wilson brings characters to life and some of them have their own awakenings. When asked about his writing process, Wilson states that “I usually start with an image or a line and work from that, building a story to support it” (P.S. 10). One of these creative processing lines could…

Today pollution has another meaning compared to how it was defined during the Middle Ages. Currently, pollution is the introduction into the environment of a substance that has harmful effects. Immediately one 's mind jumps to factory smoke or chemicals. However, for most people, a person judged to be simply out of place is not one of those definitions. Pollution was viewed not in its modern sense of bacteria or chemicals, but as in odd sense that confuses and contradicts cherished…

compatibilism it can be established that all of these are applicable in certain situations. However, I believe we must hold eachother accountable and be responsible for ourselves but at the same time be aware of extraneous forces and the possible randomness of the universe that makes responsibility somewhat impossible. The first response is known as hard determinism, or as Paul Holbach refers to it “the illusion of free will”. Hard determinism is the idea that everything in life occurs because…

It actually is the basic document for all modern civil law. These laws were easier to understand and spelled out things for the common citizen. It put the average citizen on the same legal ground as the elites of society. It aimed to take out the randomness of legal rulings, something the common man was used to seeing. Ruling the empire was a challenge as it always is, the great expansion made it difficult to rule such a large area so quickly. The Code of Justinian did appease many citizens for…

coexist. You cannot have success in the absence of the other. What is fortune and virtu? Fortune simply means luck, chance, or whatever you would like to reference it as. Machiavelli’s concept of fortune in “The Prince” is chiefly described to the randomness of fate. He exhibits many accounts in which opportunity, luck, and chance may have the ability to encourage the destiny of life. Fortune is metaphorically compared to a “woman” and a “violent river.” Machiavelli states in the last paragraph…

since I did not have any at the time. My second thought brought about the confusion because it just so happens that I am a Christian as well as the lady, so, in my head, I wondered if God was really sending a blessing my way, and not to mention, the randomness of it all really swayed my belief. However, despite all of the thoughts, of taking the money, I automatically knew that it was against my job’s Code of Ethics to receive money or tips from any customer. With that being said, I refused to…