Lottery
After reading the short story "Lottery", I find that the story reflects on some of the people nowadays who are also addicted to lottery. Ah Boh, a compulsive gambler, is a domestic helper who earns a meagre income. However, she spends all the money she earns on lottery, to the extent that she does not even have a savings account and her mother starves sometimes.
One loses money nine out of ten times one gambles. However, Ah Boh clearly does not understand this. She is blinded by the dream of one day strking it rich with big stakes. This is obviously a dream that is impossible to attain. If lottery could make one rich overnight, would there be a need for work? Everyone would just gamble everyday and lose money.
Furthermore, as a result of the unachievable fantasies of these compulsive gamblers, old folks suffer from their actions too. Ah Boh's mother has to go and work in a coffee shop although she is already seventy. Although Ah Boh has the intention of supporting her mother, she is still hoping that she would win a lot of money, before renting a better room for her. However, whenever she won some money, she still spent it all on lottery the next day.
I would look at gambling as a vicious cycle ; when one wins a little money, he would become bolder and place higher stakes, till the day when he finally loses all the money he has. Unfortunately, at that stage, regretting is futile already.
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