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There are many lively traditions attributed to the culture of the United States. An example of a tradition is the holiday of the 4th of July, celebrating the independence of the United States. Another is the holiday of Thanksgiving, where thanks is given to the Natives that provided the Pilgrims with food. Then, there are lotteries, where people have a shot at winning thousands and millions of dollars. Lotteries always bring a sense of happiness and eagerness to attendees and winners. Plenty of people across the United States attend since a lot of money can be acquired from winning. This gives winning the lottery a positive connotation. Although the lottery tradition of America is positive, others are not so positive. In Shirley Jackson’s short story, “The Lottery,” the tradition costs people their lives. Therefore giving winning the lottery a negative connotation. Through depictions of the nervousness of the adults and children as well as her descriptions of the objects associated with the lottery, Shirley Jackson, in her short story, suggests the horror of violence that concludes the story.

With this section of the novel concluding, the audience has an invested a substantial amount of hope in the possibility of scrooge altering his miserable ways. Evidenced here ‘"No. I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now! That 's all." Showing the audience that Scrooge is starting to comprehend all the lives he has affected negatively.

The anthropology of gifts is also crucial to economics. Entire businesses and industries rely on gift giving as it helps understand the relationships in economy as a cultural system that is not just

The exchange of gifts between family members and friends is the commercial aspect of the holiday which has been embraced by shop-owners of large and small businesses. Spending money

     Two of the biggest holidays in the United States are Christmas and Easter. Both of which are derived from Christian beliefs. Even though 'The Lottery' is apparently a pagan ritual, violent and horrific, it is appropriate, only by the fact that the participants no longer remember, or seem to care, what the original intent of the ritual or the significance of its traditions.

The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born. Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box. (5)

Alec Ciavarella Ms. Roach Modern Literature 19 December 2014 The Lottery As of 2013, Lottery sales have soared well over sixty billion dollars, and continues to keep growing. Recently however, many citizens in the US are starting to think that the Lottery creates addiction, and is starting to become a problem in society. This has sparked much controversy and made people start to wonder if there are even positive perks by playing, and there are.

The giving of a gift that was used to purchase another is a generous symbol of what Christmas represents and was strongly displayed here.

Lotteries are founded in the 19th centuries and it was known widely by its ability to grant one with happiness from the sudden boost in financial state ,however, in the short story “The Lottery” the meaning of the title does not fit with its literal meaning and instead utilize itself ironically. The lottery in the short story could be described as a howling abyss that people, intentionally and unintentionally, push themselves or someone else into. The crowd perceives the aftermath of the lottery as they put themselves into the risk of dying annually, yet they muted rather than clashing about it. Furthermore, Old man Warner whom participated in the Lottery for 77 years was actually protecting the tradition without obtaining the knowledge of

In this podcast Planet Money conducts an experiment to answer the question “Is there a way to make the holiday season both more efficient and more joyful?”. The experiment consisted of children who were in the seventh grade, variation of candy, and questions. The first thing that was done was sharing the candy. The cast of Planet Money went into a classroom and started passing out candy randomly. Some children got newton bars while others might had gotten a three musketeer. Once they got a candy the children didn't seem as ecstatic as someone should be if they received candy, in other words they look at the candy bewilderedly. In this experiment they had ten different kinds of candy some very popular others not so much. Once everyone had a

“The Lottery” represents any action, behavior, or idea that is passed down from one generation to the next that’s accepted and followed without question. Family relationships are important to how the actions of the lottery are carried out, but these relationships mean nothing the moment it’s time to stone the unlucky victim. The lottery has been taking place in the village for as long as anyone can remember. It is a tradition, an annual ritual that no one has thought to question. The villagers are fully loyal to it, despite the fact that many parts of the lottery have changed over the years. Nevertheless, the lottery continues, simply because there has always been a lottery. The result of this tradition is that everyone becomes one to murder on an annual basis. Although family relationships determine almost everything about the lottery, they do not guarantee loyalty or love once the

The author of “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson, creates suspense and tension to convey dramatic irony. In a person’s life, a lottery, or raffle, is thought of something fair, because sometimes, you win prizes or money. This would be the raffle that you do NOT want to win. In Jackson’s short story, it is not about what the townspeople win, but it is about what is lost. I would have to say that the theme of this story would be “Not all traditions are always good.”

(I was going to post this earlier but I forgot) Thanksgiving break was really fun. On Thanksgiving, My huge family had the food at one of my aunt's houses. I'm surprised we all fit because her house is kind of small and most of my family was there which is about there was so much food and it tasted really good. I had about two plates of food. For desert, I had jello with cool whip and it tasted good.

Religious beliefs soon formed new values as the importance of gift giving became a ‘tradition’ among religions. In most religions helping others who could not help themselves was already a steadfast belief. As people’s values of wanting to help and give to others started to intertwine with the calendar holidays many people started to look for newer and better gift ideas for their loved ones and soon strangers as well. Christian’s predominantly could be found buying minuscule little gift items, such as notebook paper, pencils, and ribbons, for the homeless children, their families and the poorer community that could not provide for themselves during the holiday seasons.

With my boyfriend’s birthday nearing, I decided to purchase him a sentimentally valuable gift. As I was making this purchase for someone other than myself, I went through a gift selection decision-making process (See Figure 4). I felt that the greatest risk was purchasing my boyfriend something he would not like (social risk).