Milgram's Experiment
Milgram's first name
What is Stanley?
an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge
What is a prejudice?
These author of "The Lottery"
Who is Shirley Jackson?
Murder weapon
What is a knife?
The decade of Milgram's experiment
What is 1960's (1963)?
an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.
What is conscience ?
The author of "Shooting an Elephant"
What is George Orwell?
Biggest fan of the lottery and the oldest bruh in the village. Represents rigid adherence to societal norms and resentment of change.
Who be Ol' Man Warner?
The defendant was accused of this
What is patricide?
Milgram was influenced by this event
What are post WW2/Holocost/Nuremberg Trials?
judicial jury that cannot agree upon a verdict after extended deliberation and is unable to reach the required unanimity
What is a hung jury?
The winner of the lottery
Who is Mrs. Hutchinson (Tessie)
Number of jurors in favor of guilty in the original vote
What is 11?
% of folks who followed all the orders of authority figures
What is 60%?
Ok, so whoever buzzes in first gets to answer this question. The answer can be literally anything. You can even just blink twice and get the points. Just keep it school appropriate and go for it, you know?
Wow. Look at that. You gave an answer. I knew you could do it.
The genre of "Shooting an Elephant"
What is non-fiction/autobiography?
The only reason given for the lottery's existence in the text
What is "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon"?
This juror "stands alone" at the beginning by being the only juror to vote not guilty in the first vote?
Who is juror number 8 (Davis)?
Milgram's experiment consisted of these 3 roles
What are experimenter/teacher/student?
This means to provide commentary on issues in a society. This is often done with the idea of implementing or promoting change by informing the general populace about a given problem and appealing to people's sense of justice.
What is social commentary?
The stated reason for shooting the elephant
What is to save face/avoid looking like a fool?
Literary device contrasting expectation vs reality -- example: "The day of the lottery was clear and sunny; flowers were blooming profusely and the grass was richly green. "
What is irony??
The last testimony to be discussed by the jurors
What is the eye witness testimony?