Citizens Need More Power
Give the Citizens Power
Thesis Statement
Citizens should be able to have some power with the government by demonstrating that they want to change some of the laws that are getting them killed and having no voice in the government.
"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
Analysis
Quote: “It isn't fair, it isn't right” (Jackson 7).
Analysis: The people didn’t want to be killed, they didn’t think it was fair that in order to save the crops they had to die, but the government didn’t give any other choice. This is an example of why they need rights, the government didn't give them any choice on what they wanted to do it was said they had to do this. If there were choices , the people would not want to over power the government.
Quote: “Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else .Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else (Vonnegut 1).
Analysis: No one was better, is some peoples opinion, and other peoples opinion everyone was better. It was all a matter of opinion, it is all on what the government thinks however, the citizens thoughts didn't matter as long as the government was happy with what was going on.