Persuasive Essay On Winning The Lottery
Winning the lottery would seem like a great thing to almost every human participating in it.
In Texas about 20,000,000 citizens participate in the lottery every year. Far much larger than a village in “The Lottery” with a population of about 300. Among that 300 are Old Man Warner who is the eldest man in town, and Tessie who was the unlucky winner. Although in most lotteries the outcome of winning is usually pretty satisfying. In this narrative, Tessie soon learns to never take anything in life for granted and that since Old Man Warner has kept the tradition alive she is the winner of this lottery and now has to accept her winnings. These days most lotteries consist of money, cars, boats, household items and so on so forth. A single person could win anywhere from $100,000,000-$400,000,000 in the Texas lottery. Winning these lotteries could often have consequences just like Tessie had obtained from winning. Unless the individual wins a small prize then it is fine, but many people end up bankrupt from winning the lottery. Buying so much stuff and blowing all the money eventually runs out then what? These people are stuck with stacks of bills they can’t pay. Better to be broke than to be dead I guess but it still defeats the purpose of winning. …show more content…
Many of the citizens in this world have adapted to the new society, but there are many small villages just like in the “Lottery” that have kept their same traditions. Many of these traditions are bizarre and cruel but have to be done. Some of these small civilizations believe that good farming will come as a result of committing the tradition. Most people finally realized that it’s the power of nature that determines it and not by what humans do. There are some civilizations that are often too scared to find out what happens by not following the traditions so their only other option is to keep on following
In Texas about 20,000,000 citizens participate in the lottery every year. Far much larger than a village in “The Lottery” with a population of about 300. Among that 300 are Old Man Warner who is the eldest man in town, and Tessie who was the unlucky winner. Although in most lotteries the outcome of winning is usually pretty satisfying. In this narrative, Tessie soon learns to never take anything in life for granted and that since Old Man Warner has kept the tradition alive she is the winner of this lottery and now has to accept her winnings. These days most lotteries consist of money, cars, boats, household items and so on so forth. A single person could win anywhere from $100,000,000-$400,000,000 in the Texas lottery. Winning these lotteries could often have consequences just like Tessie had obtained from winning. Unless the individual wins a small prize then it is fine, but many people end up bankrupt from winning the lottery. Buying so much stuff and blowing all the money eventually runs out then what? These people are stuck with stacks of bills they can’t pay. Better to be broke than to be dead I guess but it still defeats the purpose of winning. …show more content…
Many of the citizens in this world have adapted to the new society, but there are many small villages just like in the “Lottery” that have kept their same traditions. Many of these traditions are bizarre and cruel but have to be done. Some of these small civilizations believe that good farming will come as a result of committing the tradition. Most people finally realized that it’s the power of nature that determines it and not by what humans do. There are some civilizations that are often too scared to find out what happens by not following the traditions so their only other option is to keep on following