The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
This is a book by Nancy Farmer. It is dystopian literature. It is set in 2194 in the city of Harare. It is about three kids who go on an adventure without telling their parents.
The Lottery
The Lottery is set in a dystopian society. It has many of the elements of a dystopian society.
1. Propaganda. Yes. Mr. Warner keeps telling everyone it is an important tradition.
2. No
3. Yes. The lottery
4. No
5. Yes. They are nervous that the other villages might give up the lottery .
6. Yes. They are very willing to stone a neighbor or a family member to death.
7. No
8. Yes. Everyone has the same attitude about the lottery.
9. Yes. No one disagrees about the lottery.
10. Yes. This village seems friendly and neighborly until you find out about the lottery.
11. Yes. The title is ironic. Usually lotteries are something you want to win. Tessie protests but she didn't protest before her family was chosen. She says "It's not fair." She means it is not fair that she was chosen.
1. Propaganda. Yes. Mr. Warner keeps telling everyone it is an important tradition.
2. No
3. Yes. The lottery
4. No
5. Yes. They are nervous that the other villages might give up the lottery .
6. Yes. They are very willing to stone a neighbor or a family member to death.
7. No
8. Yes. Everyone has the same attitude about the lottery.
9. Yes. No one disagrees about the lottery.
10. Yes. This village seems friendly and neighborly until you find out about the lottery.
11. Yes. The title is ironic. Usually lotteries are something you want to win. Tessie protests but she didn't protest before her family was chosen. She says "It's not fair." She means it is not fair that she was chosen.
Comparison 1
So far we have studied 3 dystopian societies in "Harrison Bergeron," "The Lottery," and now in The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm. What 3 elements of dystopian societies do these three share? Explain with examples.
They share all share number 3 that there is an idea or person worshiped by a society. In Harrison Bergeron the Handicapper General believes that everyone should be average. Everyone thinks that is okay because the Handicapper General convinced them that it is. They have to carry extra weight if they are stronger, they have a ear piece if they are smarter. In the The Lottery every year there is a lottery that if you win you get stoned to death. They think it is okay because it has been a tradition as far tax they can remember. In The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm they worship the spirits of the ancestors. Tendai prays to a ancestor that once wore the ndoro he found.
They share all share number 3 that there is an idea or person worshiped by a society. In Harrison Bergeron the Handicapper General believes that everyone should be average. Everyone thinks that is okay because the Handicapper General convinced them that it is. They have to carry extra weight if they are stronger, they have a ear piece if they are smarter. In the The Lottery every year there is a lottery that if you win you get stoned to death. They think it is okay because it has been a tradition as far tax they can remember. In The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm they worship the spirits of the ancestors. Tendai prays to a ancestor that once wore the ndoro he found.
Comparison 2
Which of the elements of Dystopian Societies is most evident in Harrison Bergeron, The Lottery, The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm.
In Harrison Bergeron information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted. Everyone who is above average has handicaps so that they are average or below average. Harrison Bergeron who is a really smart, strong, and tall 14 year old. He has a lot of metal scraps and glasses that always gave him headaches.
In The Lottery
In Harrison Bergeron information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted. Everyone who is above average has handicaps so that they are average or below average. Harrison Bergeron who is a really smart, strong, and tall 14 year old. He has a lot of metal scraps and glasses that always gave him headaches.
In The Lottery