Analysis Of Patricia Wood's Lottery

Image your a person with a mental disability, and all people seem to do is ridicule you day in and day out. The may call you such derogatory terms such as “retard” or “braindead”. You try not to take these words to heart, and attempt to ignore these people and continue living a life that you want. You may work for a living and try to support yourself, or you may live with a relative that understands and cares about you. You try to live on, and go past the overarching question if people with mental disabilities can live normal lives. This is a question that my book, Lottery by Patricia Wood, seems to strongly imply that it is trying to answer. It seems to succeed very well in eventually answering this utmost question, and paints a picture of

A quote that perfectly shows that one is able to succeed is the following, “We are partners, Gary said. We are a family. We are Holsted and Crandall Marine Supply. He says I have good ideas, like the time I told him to have a coffee place. People like to drink coffee when they shop. We make a lot of money from people buying cookies, brownies, and coffee. We sell fancy takeout picnic lunches for boat people,” (Wood, 94%). This quote clearly shows the success of the main character of my book, Perry, and how he has gone past what anyone thought he would become. His own family used to reject him and just see him as a burden that they would have to deal with later in life. His mother abandoned him and put him with his Grandparents, the only people who saw Perry as a normal person and someone who can succeed and go far in life. Perry ultimately ends up winning the lottery, and this helps propel him forward into eventually becoming successful. This quote shows that he own part of a marine supply business, which can easily be attributed to a sign of a successful person and business

Take my following quote for insight into this topic, “We get married on Diamond Girl and have something called a honeymoon. It is a tiny trip that you take after you get married. We do not go far. We sleep on Diamond Girl. She stays tied to the dock. The water laps against the hull and Baby Keith sleeps between us. Bounce stays up in the cockpit. He is too big for down below now. He grew fast because his paws were too big for his body” (97%). This quote easily shows that not only can people with mental disabilities function and find strong jobs, but they can form families. The family Perry has created is made up of things that are very important to him. At the center of the family is Cherry, who Perry has a strong bond with. Cherry originally was in love with a man named Keith until he died in a car accident. She was pregnant with his child and sad due to the loss of Keith. Cherry and Perry were both close to Keith and morned together, eventually causing their already strong bond to become even stronger. They eventually decide to marry, and will raise Keith's child as their own. Bounce is also a key part of the family, and can be seen as a symbolic sign of accomplishment for Perry. Perry has