How Did Quicksilver Come

‘The Lottery’ is more disturbing than ‘The Crucible’, because everyone in the society participated. No one looks down on this event, that everyone joins in, even if a parent was chosen their children would also help stone them as well. “ ‘Come on, come on, everyone.’” (Jackson 5). This was said by Old Man Warner as they were about to throw stones at Mrs. Hutchinson until she finally died. “ ‘It isn't fair, it isn't right,’ Mrs.Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her.” (Jackson 5). This shows that she didn't want this to happen, but she did before, because she wanted to participate in it as well. No one reacts to the tradition. Everyone seems okay with it and doesn't try and stop or speak out about it. “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones…” (Jackson 1). The kids are preparing as they get their own rocks for the stoning and no thought crosses their mind of how bad it actually is.

The box is very similar to traditions. They both grow old. Each year it becomes more useless, and deteriorates with time. The next symbol in “The Lottery” are the stones used to murder Tessie. They symbolize murder. “Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use the stones” (Jackson). The stones were used by the ancestors, who were more barbaric the further back they go. “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones” (Jackson). In the lottery, the children participate in the murder. They even select the smooth stones, which will cause a slower, more painful death. Although they are living in a seemingly sophisticated period in time, they still commit this barbaric action for no other reason than because it is tradition, and they see no wrong in doing so. They will blindly follow the tradition just as their parents had, and they will pass the tradition off to their children. “Mob psychology rules their actions. Though they appear to be sane, sensible individuals, when the time of the lottery comes, they abandon their rational nature and revert to the instincts of the herd” (Mazzeno). A stoning is a crowd generated death. By using stones for the

Would you ever live in a place where a randomly selected person gets stoned each year? Knowing that it could be your family, friends, or even yourself? In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, it tells a story about a village where people have a tradition of the lottery once a year, whoever wins the lottery will be stoned to death. Tessie Hutchinson is a woman who forgets and arrives late at the lottery. Her husband, Bill Hutchinson draws the lottery for his family, he gets the paper with a black dot, which means one of his family member will be thrown at with stones. Bill’s family draws among themselves again, this time Tessie gets the paper with the black dot and the villagers stones her to death. The purpose of the lottery was to have good harvest, but now the

However, the villagers fear of changing tradition quickly vanishes when it is them that is affected. When it Tessie is choses she constantly screams, “this isn’t fair,” (573). Tessie had no problem with the lottery before it was her to die. This insight by Jackson shows us how while each citizen follows the rules of the community to fit in but unknowingly resents them in their

“The feelings of uneasiness caused by executions being performed in an arbitrary manner reverberates on several levels. First, we see the characters within the story itself begin to question the necessity of the ritual” (Shields 412-413). There has to be a point where someone could have spoken to reveal the inhumanity of this pugnacious tradition that has plagued the community for more than seventy-seven years. Then again, no, there are no words said about the inhumanity of the violence, until Tessie Hutchinsons’ family gets chosen. She defends her family stating, “You didn't give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn't fair!”(Jackson). She then is attacked by her fellow friends, "Be a good sport, Tessie." Mrs. Delacroix called, and Mrs. Graves said, "All of us took the same chance." Mrs. Hutchinson at this point is being very hypocritical; the lottery was fair for all the citizens, so why doesn’t she just go along with the tradition? Would her outbursts have been the same if Mrs. Hutchinsons’ family wasn’t chosen? The final words of Mrs. Hutchinson were "It isn't fair, it isn't right.”

Would you stone your neighborhood to death for the sake of tradition? Shirley Jackson wrote The Lottery in 1948 to tell a story about how savage people can be for tradition. The story is about a small town who has a yearly lottery and the winner gets stoned to death by their neighbors. The thought is that if you have a lottery, then you will have good crops that season. This short story tells the tale of poor Tessie Hutchinson who is stoned by her own town, her son helps too. In the short story The Lottery, Shirley Jackson argues that all people, regardless of how civilized they may seem, are capable of great evil by contrasting seemingly pleasant and relatable details of the town with the shocking barbarity of their tradition.

The reader is once again put on the wrong scent through clever use of seemingly useless details when she reveals the strong impact it has on the community, it promotes unavoidable barbarism. Jackson overloads the reader with even more innocence by including the children playing in the background while they wait for the lottery to start. The kids had just started their summer break and they “broke into boisterous play,” they played with rocks till made “a great pile of stones.” Children are the prime suspects of innocence, they lack the intellect to know what’s right or wrong and they are simply too young to be thought of as devilish creatures. However, the same pile of stones they made is used to kill Tessie Hutchinson and the “innocent” children participate in the murder. Jackson includes the fact that the villagers converse to show the calmness of the villagers themselves. The men got together and talked of “planting and rain, tractors and taxes,” they also joked quietly where they “smiled rather than laughed.” The whole ordeal is well executed and shows that the villagers know how to converse formally, it gives the impression that they are worry-free of the lottery. When time comes the reader can see that their calm impression is fake and that they are actually very nervous about the consequences of

Considering in the story, Tessie accepts the lottery that is taking place within her village. For instance in the story, Mrs. Hutchinson says, "[clean] forgot what day it was […] and they both laughed softly."(Jackson 28-29). In other words, Mrs. Hutchinson acted as though there was no lottery taking place as well as nobody dying momentarily, mainly because she accepted the fact somebody had to die to keep the village business going. Mrs. Hutchinson later on in the story says, "[Mr. Summers did not] give [Bill Hutchinson] time enough to take any paper he wanted." (Jackson 31). The viewer finds Mrs. Hutchinson's reaction very ironic because her attitude shifted because she felt like it is tolerable to let other people die, but when it comes to her being, she feels like she

Their quest to hunt and kill the other led to nothing of importance or progression, they became trapped in peril as the force of mother nature became a bigger conflict than their ultimate enemy. In The Lottery the characters are emotionless towards others, they feel no empathy or remorse. As Tessie was put to death the characters remained calm, sort of relieved it wasn’t them on the other side of the pebbles being put to death by the “community” because of a draw. Even Tessie Hutchinson wasn’t one to complain before her fate of being stoned to death had become reality. After it was her who was chosen, she objected the tradition. The villagers are narcissistic and completely oblivious to the transgressive June 27th tradition. This is a direct insight into how people in our real world operate. We only seek action and justice once the problem begins to affect us firsthand. The lack of empathy prevents us from creating an amicable world.

During the early decades of the 1800s politics changed tremendously. The politics of the United States were becoming more and more geared toward the common man, (Shultz, n.d.). There were changes in who would have the right to vote and there was a development of a new two party system. The issues of the nation were now decided by more of the population and therefore it became increasingly important for the candidates to speak to the people of the nation about where they stood on the issues.

All around the world today thousands of people die from murder and the numbers increase every year. Our world is filled with violence and tragedies that keep increasing, just like in, Shirley Jackson's story “The Lottery.” The characters in a small village choose someone to stone to death each year because of tradition. As this tradition continues, more and more people die as time passes. All of the towns folk grow more and more nervous, hoping not to get picked. They gather in the town square to choose the person who is killed in this unfortunate event as you meet characters like the hutchinsons, Mr. Graves, and Mr. Summers as they go through the fear of being picked. As the children pile up stones that they use for the killing. All

This was because she was trying to change things that had been “perfectly fine” for many years. The villagers take the lottery very seriously, everyone has to participate in them. The children, as young as they may be had to participate, “The children had stones already. And someone had gave little Dary Hutchinson a few pebbles” (53). This example shows that everyone got things done very quickly and they just wanted her to stop whining. It also shows that even from a young age children had to help in the annual stoning. Soon enough, Tessie starts to realize that there is nothing she can do to save herself and the village so she starts to accept her death. When she finally accepts this, the village kills her, “...Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her” (53). The village would not end the tradition. After all, the tradition was very old and special, the ‘winner’ would always be killed no matter what. In the end, Tessie could not get the village to listen to her, because of this she ended up dying and that meant that her motivation meant nothing in the end.

It is wrong to kill or stone someone to death but this is the way that their tradition is and with tradition there is no wrong especially if you follow the tradition when it comes to something like the villages tradition, that has been going on for years, to them they feel like no harm is being done. In the story the killing is completely normal to the characters and it is just another annual day that they have but they are frightened by the black box because they don't wanna be the one that gets killed chosen. With it being normal to the residents it makes a normal tradition to them but it can not be morally justified because there is no wrong or right way of doing that tradition that has been going on for several

The one chosen is to be stoned by the town people. Even though this would seem unfair, it was believed that such tradition would keep a stable environment among the crops and the town itself. In the end, a mother by the name of Tessie Hutchinson is chosen to be stoned.

Power and persuasion are among the most important aspects that create a leader. However, how does an individual obtain power, and ultimately the power to persuade others? Where does a person start? Some individuals believe that leaders are born, not made (Bateman & Snell, 2013). While others believe that a leader can be made, into the person they desire to be. There are endless possibilities to consider. However, this writer will be focusing more on managerial roles and will be discussing the various methods available for decision-making and persuasion. This writer will be reflecting on 3 journal articles to support such ideas. While also keeping in mind, that adaptability, negotiation, and authority can play a large role in both decision-making and persuasion. Ultimately, the power to persuade others, are the same principles that are used to convince a team to get the job done, thus establishing team building skills.