10/3/2017 2 Comments Life Choice: Is This My Tradition?In this blog post, I will be talking about Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”. “The Lottery” is about an annual tradition that takes place in a small town. The tradition consists of a member of the community being randomly picked to be sacrificed by being bludgeoned with rocks until they die by all the other people.
https://polsci307.wordpress.com/2016/04/10/americas-lottery-traditions/ One tradition that still takes place in our country today that is similar to “The Lottery” is the presidential election. I think that the presidential election is similar to “The Lottery” because of how the candidates and the media will throw rocks at the opposing candidate to theirs until they fall out of the election. Another way that the presidential election is similar to “The Lottery” is how although they are different in that in “The Lottery” they chose randomly is that they both have massive amounts of people participating in this event. Another similarity that I see between these two traditions is how only the people or candidates that lose are the ones that are complaining. That “This isn't fair. This isn't fair!. And the ones that win don't complain at all about the system due to them either being able to survive another year or being able to rule the country of The United States of America. The final similarity that I see between these two traditions is that no one really asks questions about them and why they should be either removed or at least revised. And the people that do are either shamed or just hushed. I made an important decision to stop taking part in a tradition when i stopped going to the Pro-Life Walk in Washington DC. Now let me explain myself, I went to these walks because they were offered as an optional field trip when I went to Catholic School in Middle School. I honestly didn't really have an opinion on the subject, I only went because who wouldn't take a field trip over a day of class. Looking back on it now, it was so messed up that our Father and school let us see these brutal images of fetuses that had been mutilated at such a young age, but they did. I went on the trip twice, once in sixth grade and another time in seventh grade. Most of the trip was really just spent exploring the city and not the march. I stopped going to these marches when i realized how messed they were and because i was now smart enough to stop passively supporting something i didn't really support when it came to my standpoint on the subject. The only real appeal i got out of it was just how i really liked to travel when i got the chance and free food but obviously I know a lot better. Regarding the priests and my school letting us see the explicit images, the priests did warn us about them and told u to cover our eyes and look away. And as far as I know they don't have this trip anymore.
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Gabi D'Ambrosio
10/9/2017 10:27:35 am
I never heard of a school having a field trip to a pro-life march. I think that wouldn't be a good idea because when you are in middle school you don't really make that many options for yourself and the school might have been pushing its ideas and options on the young students. I'm glad that you took a step back and made a choice for yourself.
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10/10/2017 05:40:23 am
I find our pick of traditions America has very intriguing. You choosing the presidential election makes perfect sense. With each presidential election, there is much controversy. With this past election, the country was in an uproar with the victor. This is also a tradition since they happen so frequently, every four years.
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