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Playing Lottery is not a brilliant idea.
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Anyone would acknowledge that money is one of the most sought-after things in the world. This is perfectly understandable since everyone needs money for his or her survival. Of course, there will be variations as to the reasons and amounts that different people have for looking for money. As much as there is uniformity as to the need to fulfill the fundamental needs of food, house, and clothing, some people go overboard and look for money in an effort to fulfill other luxuries. Whatever the reason, everybody needs money and is always looking for ways of increasing the amounts in his or her possession. While many people go for the conventional methods of acquiring money, others see it fit to use the nonconventional methods such as gambling. Gambling or lotteries, also known as the games of luck, have in the recent times become extremely popular. This is especially because of the promise that it comes with as far as getting instantly rich is concerned. Many people invest vast amounts of money trying to chase luck in lotteries. Most of these people are buoyed by not only the prospects of getting rich quickly, but also the stories that they hear of people becoming rich from the lotteries. However, questions arise as to whether playing a lottery is a brilliant idea.
Thesis Statement: Playing Lottery is not a brilliant idea.
As much as playing lottery comes with the prospect of wining large sums of money, I do not think that it is a brilliant idea. I am of the opinion that the odds of winning gambling games or lotteries are higher than the chances that an individual will win.
First, it is worth noting that an individual is highly unlikely to hit the fat jackpot. Even in cases where some numbers crop up in an individual’s lottery ticket, and he, or she wins a minute cash prize, the person would most probably have been in a better position if he had not participated that if he is in at the time. It is noteworthy that if the individual had put the funds that he would otherwise have spent on the lottery in a piggybank or a jar, then the individual would have saved himself quite an enormous amount of money within a certain period. Unfortunately, this thought does not cross one’s mind when he or she is purchasing the lottery ticket. What an individual thinks is that, it is not expensive to play the lottery and that there is a high likelihood or probability that he or she will win some millions. If one wins a massive cash prize, he or she would never need to struggle again or even be worried as to how he will settle the bills. All that there would be is a life of luxury in which he would enjoy his money. The fantasy world that an individual creates for himself clogs his mind and blinds him from seeing the reality surrounding the situation.
In addition, gambling or playing lotteries comes with an element of addition. When an individual starts playing the lotteries, it becomes extremely difficult to quit playing. This is especially when there are stories of ordinary people who are lucky enough to have won enormous sums of money in the lottery. An individual is more predestined to believe that if the ordinary people can win enormous amounts of money in the lotteries, then he can win too. In essence, an individual tells himself that if he continues playing the lottery, his numbers will come up eventually. Once an individual has this mindset, it is an extremely herculean task to quit playing, which is what the organizers would like since it keeps an individual coming back. An individual believes that, if he uses regular numbers every week, then the week that he does not play will most likely be the week when his numbers come up. What many people do not realize is that lotteries are there as money-making ventures for the organizers and not people-enriching undertakings. In essence, the chances of winning are kept as low as possible to ensure that the organizers not only recoup their expenses but also make a tidy profit. In essence, not only would an individual be working against the high number of people that sign up for lotteries but also the stringent measures that are incorporated to ensure that the chances of winning are as low as possible and enhance the profits of the venture. Unfortunately, many people like the fantasy world where they would not be required to work ever again and have everything, material or otherwise, at their disposal. However, life does not seem to work in that manner. People have to work to sustain their every need in life. It is noteworthy, of course, that there exists a few people who are sufficiently lucky as to be born in rich families or to win fortunes in the lotteries. However, these people are far between and extremely few compared to the people who try their luck in lotteries. An individual has higher chances of attaining wealth by working hard than by participating in the lotteries.
Play Review, Our Town
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Stage plays have occupied a fundamental part of the entertainment industry. It goes without saying that the playwrights explored the issues that they felt were vital to them and to the society at large. This was all in an effort to effect lasting change in the societies in which they lived. Needless to say, there were variations as to the popularity of playwrights, as well as their works. Nevertheless, Thornton Wilder came as one of the most popular playwrights in his times. While a large number of works may have been responsible for the popularity, “Our Town” comes as one of the most famous or popular plays of its time.
“Our Town” refers to a 3-play act and character story pertaining to average citizens of a town in early 20th century as shown via their everyday lives. It is set in a fictional community, in Grover’s Corners in New Hampshire (Wilder, 1938). The play is narrated by the stage manager, who is entirely aware of the relationship between him and the audience. In essence, he is free to break the wall and address the audience directly, something that he does on a number of occasions.
As much as the play does a commendable job in exhibiting the three different features of the life of an individual, it does not develop its characters adequately. In essence, the broad generalizations that the play implies unfairly label the readers into conforming to the notion that the author was critiquing (Lumley, 1967). Moreover, the play is extremely broad in its criticism of people’s lives, something that creates a deficiency of a clear message in the play.
In addition, the play presents the readers with a view of the characters that is limited by the time and what the stage manager can reveal to them. Only sufficient information is given so as to characterize the characters as commonplace in the contemporary American society. For instance, George is influenced by Emily to become perfect as the later expresses her options as to how men should be (Wilder, 1938). However, all characters in the play have been given sketchy descriptions and profiles. For example, the play mentions Rebecca Gibbs in only a few scenes so as to express some philosophical ideas while Simon is only outlined as a town drunkard who has troubles (Wilder, 1938). Overall, the reader is not offered in-depth knowledge about any of the characters.
Moreover, it seems that the theme chosen is way too broad to be effectively portrayed in such a short play. The play’s end seems incomplete as the playwright is ineffective at criticizing life. In addition, the play does not incorporate any other considerable themes. The play outlines the transience that characterizes human life by depicting the manner in which individuals rush via life (Lumley, 1967). As much as this may seem true since the characters do not stop to evaluate things pertaining to life or even to acknowledge the significance or importance of ordinary activities after death, this is an illusion that the playwright created through skipping between the time periods. It is worth noting that the Stage Manager passes over numerous years between every act to outline the three key stages pertaining to human life (Lumley, 1967). Wilder, by Splitting the human life into stages, oversimplifies life and does not acknowledge that the things and events that occur in between the acts are just as crucial as the events outlined in the play. The playwright’s words that, every moment in the life of a person must be treasured are rendered meaningless as he chops off the events that he feels are not as crucial.
Overall, “Our Town” does not capture the readers’ heart and mind, especially considering that it leaves them unsatisfied with the ending. The unresolved questions pertaining to the characters and the conflicting themes deprive the play of any coherent message holding it together (Lumley, 1967).
References
Wilder, T, (1938). Our Town: A Play in Three Acts. New York: Coward McCann, Inc
Lumley, F, (1967). New Trends in 20th Century Drama: A Survey since Ibsen and Shaw. New York: Oxford University Press
Context in News
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Fake news has become rampant today, they mostly occur from people who want to be the first to share information before verifying it, unfortunately, they are even being used also to com people who apply to a fake job advertisement and later are asked for money for documents or to depict as strong interest. While today they are many ways to access information, news from the newspapers and TV channels are still being used widely because the information is usually verified before being shared. However, while the fact they verify information puts their listeners and readers at ease more often than not they withhold some information either to prevent chaos or if they have no certainty of the data. Increased prevalence of it has resulted in scholars defining it as paltering referring that it tries to make sense of why we lie at all and the distinction between telling the truth and lying. Paltering does not only occur in the regard to important information but also in our daily lives when we fail to tell people everything so as not to embarrass them, unfortunately, it becomes an issue when it is used not only to mislead but also to manipulate others; happens often with our politicians. In the discussion below focus will be on some stories that have depicted this issue, publics thinking related to one of the eat minds and Martha Stewart perception.
To begin with, the first story that has had the non-telling truth context is the reassurance that Trump is telling the people about the Coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 2000 lives since its emergence in China. The president on his social media platform has claimed that the vaccine for the disease is almost one yet it is estimated to take at least a year, he also claimed that the stock market on Monday looked great which was not the case since it had reduced and it is still falling. While the President might try to hide some of the facts to prevent people from panicking, he continues to lose credibility as some who can be trusted and misleads people to think that the diseases are handled which is not the case (Rampell, 2020).
Secondly, the Iranian election from the candidates to the results was a major view of non-truth telling, throughout the whole period the presidential candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was against the west and who sought independence from western opinions was depicted as a hard line with no positive impact for his country. Contrary, the presidential candidate Mr. Mir Hossein Mousavi who was more western-oriented was shown to be an honest person was depicted as the best choice, these portray of the famous news reporters in the USA were biased. This biasness was one effect of this context and the news sources went ahead and claimed that it had been rigged trying to discredit the win of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Mohammad Marandi & al-Sadat Motahhari, 2011).
Thirdly, the last non-truth telling context was a story that was one of the many that caught the global attention after a young man who had gone with his friends to India was killed after people thought he was kidnapping children when he offered them chocolate. The death resulted when one of the locals posted the picture on WhatsApp platforms, the locals told his story based on assumptions ignoring the other person’s truth and eventually led to death. Fortunately, they have been a reduced number of people who can share videos with on this platform to avoid such cases in the future, while efforts are being put to avoid people falling prey of such issues the technology today continue to advances making the efforts made unrecognizable (Pokharel & Roy, 2018).
Moreover, they are various scholars who have talked about truth but in this case of non-telling truth, it tends to affirm more with Aristotle’s who believed that when one says something that is false this is wrong and when someone says something that it is true this is right. The scholar’s notion is evidenced by evaluating all the stories above where various authors shared the truth but part of it since they had an idea that if they presented the whole of it things would have been different from their expectations. Additionally, in all these cases the non-truth telling context has not only been used to misrepresent the information but also to mislead the people. Unfortunately, the public does not judge people according to the scholar’s standards since according to him not everything that is good is right and neither one that is bad is false, the public assumption that everything good is right and vice versa. Aristotle too believes that everyone’s activities are usually to do good but the aims differ across various people hence in our case all the non-truth telling parties were trying to reduce panic and create awareness but the results of their actions were disastrous.
Lastly, while looking at the standards held between Martha Stewart and the Bishops, they are so different. Martha is a businesswoman who traded on the information and was convicted, this is wrong but as a businesswoman, most people tend to align with the fact that in most cases business people make decisions for the purpose of earning profit. Concerning the standards, the Bishops are held with most people consider them as angels who are not prone to making any mistakes, these standards are reflected especially when they are reports of wrongdoing done by the Clergies, regardless of whether the action is prevalent in today’s society. I agree there is a lot expected from the Clergy but we should remember they too are human beings.
In conclusion, whatever the situation to not disclosing the truth the parties involved should seek to ensure that the misrepresented information does not only mislead the people but also do not put any other person in danger too. We agree that while fake news is continuing to be criticized, with the advancement and the more people using social media platforms reducing the effects is becoming harder every day.
References
Mohammad Marandi, S., & al-Sadat Motahhari, M. (2011). Orientalist Representations and the 2009 Iranian Presidential Election: The New York Times, the Washington Post, and CNN. com [Ebook] (pp. 1-24). Retrieved 28 February 2020, from http://s-space.snu.ac.kr/bitstream/10371/88669/3/4.%20Orientalist%20Representations%20and%2
Pokharel, K., & Roy, R. (2018). India Says Rumors About Child Snatching on WhatsApp Led to Mob Killings. WSJ. Retrieved 28 February 2020, from https://www.wsj.com/articles/india-admonishes-whatsapp-after-deaths-1530730096.
Rampell, C. (2020). With coronavirus, Trump’s lies and his reassurances backfire. The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 February 2020, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/with-coronavirus-trumps-lies-and-his-reassurances-backfire/2020/02/27/63797f32-5986-11ea-9b35-def5a027d470_story.html.