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Analysis of the Californian Lottery Through Process and Rationalism, 1992.
An analysis of the installation of the California Lottery by examining the arguments of both the pro- and con- forces.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, $ 39.95
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"Introduction
The California Lottery is today a well-established institution, seemingly accepted throughout the state, with millions of customers each week paying money to play a variety of games offering potential prizes up to several million dollars. The passage and implementation of the lottery in California can be analyzed according to policy formation with reference to the stakeholders involved and the arguments offered on both sides of the issue. The issue will be analyzes according to Process and Rationalism.
California is not the only state to institute a state lottery, and the fact that California has done so is in part a response to a perception of success in other states. Yet, this is also an issue that has raised serious questions regarding..."
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Florida Lottery Education Funding, 2002.
This paper discusses that the use of state lotteries to finance education is a debatable topic. The Florida state lottery is featured.
1,560 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper explains that the lottery was to be used only for supplementary funding of education. The author points out that, unfortunately, Florida is using the lottery for basic funding; and, particularly in Florida, the lottery income is very meager and insufficient. The paper concludes that, nonetheless, when used as supplementary funding, lottery funding plays an important role in meeting the educational demands of the students.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Lottery Funding
Florida Lottery Funding
Scholarships
Florida School Recognition Programs
School Capital Outlay Bond Program
Impact of Lottery Funding
Political Factors
Uncertainty in the Lottery Revenue
Conclusion
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"The reason for this aberration is the drastic cut down of the education funds by the government in total breach of the 1987 ?Florida Public Education Lottery Act?, which states that lottery revenue is only an additional source of money and that it must not affect the regular allocation on the part of the government. So instead of proving to be a boon for the students the lottery funding is now proving to be baneful solution."
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Jorge Luis Borges' "The Lottery in Babylon", 2006.
This paper analyzes Jorge Luis Borges' short story, "The Lottery in Babylon" written in 1941.
1,120 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 38.95
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This paper explains that Jorge Luis Borges is a novelist known for using subjects that question God's existence and essence of life and that these themes appear in his short story, "The Lottery in Babylon". The author points out that, in the story, which is told in the first person point-of-view, the narrator is part of what is happening within the story but, despite his understanding of the people, cannot fathom the addiction of the community people to the lottery. The paper relates that "Lottery in Babylon" is full of symbolism and metaphors. For example, the term 'lottery' represents taking chances and the term 'company' represents God. The paper includes several quotations.
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Introduction
"The Lottery in Babylon" - An Analysis
Plot
Theme
Conclusion
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"Lottery, as seen by the narrator's eyes, has undergone various evolutions. First, it was just like a very simple game played by the commoners. Then, the number of people who loved playing it increases, hence the rules of the game was changed. At first, the lottery only involves rewards that would be received by, of course, the winner. But when the game was eventually changed, punishments and irrelevant rewards were introduced. When still more and more people continue playing the game, the rules regarding the people who could join the game also changed."
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The Lottery: Funding Education, 2006.
This paper discusses the lottery as a property tax alternative to fund education.
1,605 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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This paper explains that the current taxation system used in Texas to raise monies for education has been ruled unconstitutional numerous times in a series of lawsuits over the past few decades. The author points out that proponents have pushed for the use of the lottery as a means of funding education for all students in many states. The paper relates that critics argue that using the lottery to fund education will only encourage unhealthy levels of gaming. The author underscores that many state lotteries contribute to the general state fund, which supports many programs not solely educational in nature, causing concern over the lottery truly supporting what it was designed to enhance. The paper concludes that the lottery is the only system that is viable enough to ensure that all Texans are taking ownership of providing appropriate educations for students from all socioeconomic levels.
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"The history of gaming and sweepstakes is lengthy in nature. Forms of lotteries have been in the context of our social environment since biblical times. The first known chance of winning actual money occurred in the 1530s during the reign of Queen Elizabeth in Italy; from here it sparked the privatization of lotteries for the nineteenth century with 15 percent of proceeds going to beneficiaries (Hills, 2003). According to Hill, in the late 1890s constitutions in 35 states were developed forbidding lottery operation due to concerns of morality, yet since 1985 more than $11 billion of supplemental funding has been raised in California for public schools."
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Symbolism in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery", 2002.
This essay examines the emotional turmoil, obedience and defiance in Shirley Jackson's story "The Lottery".
1,230 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, $ 41.95
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This paper analyzes the feelings and emotions of the townspeople in Shirley Jackson's tale of perverse ritual and strict conformity in "The Lottery". The author discusses the cruelty and blind obedience of certain characters, and the intense guilt and defiance felt by others in participating in the lottery.
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"In Shirley Jackson's The Lottery we see an exciting game of chance turn ugly, as the winner of this lottery is subsequently sentenced to death at the hands of the town people. The town runs amok with various rebellious, evil, and utterly insensitive people who lie in wait for their next annual victim. Playing the role of judges, juries, and executioners, many of Jackson's characters depict a strong underlying theme of the evil, prejudice, and rebellion that is so prevalent in our everyday lives. All the characters' roles, as well as their names, were precisely chosen in order to awaken our hearts and minds to the callousness and rebellion that lies at the heart of every man in the face of habitual conformity."
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A Synopsis of Shirley Jackson?s ? The Lottery?, 2006.
A book review of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery".
890 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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In this synopsis of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson the author looks at many features of the book. He starts with a look at the false feeling of normal life that Jackson gives in the beginning of the book talking about how the villagers are carrying on with their regular chores at the beginning of the big lottery day. But as the author progresses he points out how Jackson introduces a dichotomy between tradition and change, youth and age, as one of the characters declares that several neighboring villages have abandoned the lottery. The author concludes that Jackson portrays the villagers as being locked in an immature developmental state, an unyielding, unquestioning, and mindless obedience to tradition as they are unwilling to abandon the lottery.
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"Ms. Jackson's short story begins with the gathering of a small village's inhabitants as they prepare for their community's yearly lottery. As the lottery box is brought out, mothers are noted rushing with morning chores, as children boisterously play about the town square, while the men of the village slowly gather, discussing diurnal aspects of village life. These early elements of normalcy combine to allure the reader into false sense of security-a sense that what is about to happen is a positive event steeped in tradition. For example, Mr. Summers, who oversees the lottery, "spoke frequently about making a new box, but no one like to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the [old and dilapidated] black box" (Jackson 384). Here, the reader logically equates tradition with merit, for as Erich Fromm notes, "obedience to tradition [is] identified with virtue . . ." (381)."
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Constructivism and Rationalism, 2008.
A comparison between the philosophical strains of constructivism and rationalism.
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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This paper compares and contrasts constructivism and rationalism, two philosophies that fundamentally oppose each other. The paper takes a particular look at Aristotle's constructivism and Plato/Socrates' rationalism. It argues that the core of this opposition is that, according to constructivism, human knowledge does not reflect reality, while rationalism believes that it does. The paper concludes that, despite its problematic nature, rationalism is a truer philosophical approach.
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"Constructivist theory finds its roots in the ancient Greek philosophers, including Aristotle, who argued "man is the measure of all things". In other words, Aristotle believed that man, or the knowledge of man, is the accumulated result of the human experience, which is the cumulated result of the how humans have perceived their world as opposed to how their world actually is. Thus, human reality become reality not because its based in reason and rational thinking, but because it is what we have constructed it to be. As Kant stated in 1708: "The norm of the truth is to have made it" or simply the truth is what one makes true instead of what is actually true."
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"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, 2006.
An analysis of Shirley Jackson's book, "The Lottery".
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This paper reviews "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. The paper examines the book's theme of human society's tendency to hold on to redundant traditions and ideas, linking "The Lottery" to class-based system economics. The paper also discusses how the darkness created by the lottery is a reflection of the town's social inequality.
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"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is a shocking tale of a town's sacrificial lottery that satires society's obsolete traditions and rituals. By taking a far extreme, the idea of sacrifice, the author questions our obsolete traditions. However, she also criticizes our social system by putting the three most powerful men in charge of the lottery. Jackson used "The Lottery" to satirize human society both on our pointless traditions and superstitions that we continue to carry out, regardless of whether we see a point in them or not, and our ruthless class-based system, the most powerful being in control of society's welfare and the lower-class sheepishly following the guidance of their overlords.
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?The Lottery? by Shirley Jackson, 2005.
This paper discusses the significance of ritual and tradition in "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.
990 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that, although ritual and tradition are bound up within Shirley Jackson's American Gothic tale "The Lottery", the best way to understand these two motifs is to examine one of the central characters, namely Mr. Summers, the conductor of the lottery. The question remains as to why Mr. Summers and the rest of the villagers continue the tradition of the lottery for it is obviously somewhat dated and rather redundant; but the writer points out that due to her skill as one of America's most talented storytellers, Shirley Jackson allows the reader to ponder this question alone. The paper concludes that the evils associated with certain cultural manifestations in the book, especially those related to ritual and tradition, can do far more harm than good.
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"Mr. Summers's desire to "finish quickly" seems to indicate that he views the stoning of Tess Hutchinson, the person whose name was on the slip of paper withdrawn from the "black box," as an act of utter necessity, due to the age-old tradition of the ritual, part of which has been forgotten except for the use of stones as lethal weapons. This is highly reminiscent of certain passages in the Old Testament and in the New Testament where Jesus prevents the stoning of a prostitute by saying "Let the man who is without sin cast the first stone." It is almost as if Shirley Jackson has taken the ritual of stoning to new heights, for the luckless victim has not been found guilty of any kind of a crime and has not committed any acts against society; thus, the ritual appears to supersede any and all ethics linked to society and human behavior."
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?The Lottery Ticket?, 2004.
A review of the short story, ?The Lottery Ticket?, by Anton Chekhov.
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This paper discusses how Anton Chekhov demonstrates that the mere thought of money can severely impact a personal relationship in his short story, ?The Lottery Ticket.? An older couple with a family holds what could be a winning lottery ticket, but resists checking the numbers while they daydream about what they might do with the money. It examines how, at first, their reaction to the possibility of wealth is joyful; but rather than share their dreams and communicate their wishes, it looks at how Ivan Dmitritch and his wife, Masha, recede into their own worlds. It attempts to show how money definitely does not buy love and how, in fact, it has the potential to destroy it.
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"Ivan Dmitritch, who is described as ?middle class man who lived with his family,? had not previously believed in playing the lottery. Therefore, it was Masha who purchased the ticket. Her holding of the ticket is significant to this story because it signifies power. Ivan reveals his association of money with power when he tells his wife, ?It?s not money, but power, capital!? Though the couple has not even won, they perceive the mere potential of winning as a source of power. Ivan gradually comes to resent the power that Masha holds, manifested in the lottery ticket. Knowing that because she purchased the ticket she deserves to make the decisions about how to spend the money, Ivan begins to feel threatened."
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The State Lottery, 2007.
A discussion on the effects of the state lottery.
1,375 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses the negative effects of the state lottery on the youth. It claims that the lottery is often marketed in a positive light, even as a fundraiser for education. It also contends that it promotes gambling and has a negative economic impact.
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"Although at the outset most would believe that a lottery would have very little impact on a state's youth other than the benefit of billions in grants and funding, this is a grave mistake. It is extremely easy to gamble on a state sponsored lottery despite the many age restrictions and other precautions. In Massachusetts alone, 47% of 7th graders report to have bought a lottery ticket before, and four of ten adolescents say that they have purchased a lottery ticket (Reno, npg). Although statistics are sparing in Georgia, the examples of the grotesque effect of state sponsored lotteries are evident in many different capacities. In general however, using a state lottery to sponsor education is the worst mistake of "ends justifies the means logic". It teaches children that attaining wealth and success is not accomplished by working hard and the educational system, but rather by purchasing and chasing dreams through the lottery."
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"The Lottery", 2004.
An analysis of the controversial short story, "The Lottery," written by Shirley Jackson.
1,443 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses Shirley Jackson's 1948 controversial short story, "The Lottery". The paper contends that the plot of the book aimed underhanded criticism against what most Americans believed was a triumphant modern society, superior to all others that existed or had gone before. The paper explores the themes running through "The Lottery," which Jackson elucidates via symbolism, claiming that they mirror modern America's social and political realities.
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"Speaking to The San Francisco Chronicle in 1948 regarding her controversial short story "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson stated, "Explaining just what I had hoped the story to say is very difficult. I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to chock the story's readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives," (cited by Kosenko). When the story appeared in a 1948 edition of the prestigious New Yorker magazine, it caused a considerable stir. Especially as it was published during the intoxication of an Allied victory in World War Two, "The Lottery" aimed underhanded criticism against what most Americans believed was a triumphant modern society, superior to all others that existed or had gone before."
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"The Lottery", 2002.
A literary review of the short story, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.
1,632 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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After giving a brief introduction describing the book, the paper provides an overview detailing the portrayal of the setting and what influence and affect it had on the villagers. The writer explains the logic behind "The Lottery" and what the author's intentions and message are. The paper also provides critical arguments and attitudes highlighted by the author. Finally, the paper offers a brief comparison of "The Lottery" with "Paul?s Case" written by Willa Cather.
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"The village as described by the author where the lottery takes place has a coal business, a bank, a grocery store, a post office, schools; also where its women are housewives rather than field workers; while its men talk of tractors and taxes. However, most importantly, the author has exhibited the village in the same socio-economic stratification that many people take for granted in a modern, capitalist society."
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"The Lottery", 2002.
A literary review of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.
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This paper analyzes ?The Lottery?, focusing on the prevailing themes found in the story, namely the theme of the traditional and ideal family and American society and intolerance to social changes in the society. Within the theme of the traditional and ideal family and American society, the sub-themes of gender stratification, age stratification and class stratification are discussed and analyzed. The writer believes that "The Lottery? is an illustration and reflection of the social order and the intolerance to social changes of the American society and family during the mid-20th century.
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"The first main theme of the story is the illustration of the traditional family and ideal society as reflected in Jackson?s portrayal of the New England community in ?The Lottery.? The traditional family is illustrated by Jackson as she introduces the readers to the characters in the story. As Jackson establishes the setting and context at which the story takes place, she also illustrates how the family is ?arranged? within the story?s society."
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Continental Rationalism, 2005.
A discussion of the works and philosophy of Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz -- the key figures representing Continental rationalism.
1,347 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper begins with an overview of rationalism and empiricism and then takes a look at the three key figures representing Continental rationalism: Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz. The paper then talks about the differences as well as the similarities in the works of the three philosophers.
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"Continental rationalism argues essentially that the ultimate source of knowledge can be found within human reason. Further, Continental rationalism argues that truth can be deduced from our innate ideas, and mathematical proof ultimately became the model for rationalist investigation. This philosophical movement began in the 17th century with the work of the philosopher Rene Descartes, and spread through continental Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Many of the philosophers who adopted Descartes' theories, or incorporated his ideas into Calvinistic theology, were termed as Cartesians. In contrast, a number of philosophers like Benedict Spinoza, and Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz adopted Descartes' ideas, and developed their own views within Descartes' overarching theme of human reason as ultimate source of knowledge (The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Solomon). "
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