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As the newspaper was before his eyes, he passed his finger downwards along the column of numbers.

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Ivan Dmitritch had nothing else to do.

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In a article entitled "7 Ways to Be Productive When You Actually Have Nothing to Do" it is mentioned that if a person has nothing else to do the very least that he could do is to do the closest and/or the easiest task that is comfortable or as to say, that feels most likely to be of calm.

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Doing nothing can be a good thing, because it drives us to do something productive than to only do nothing of your life.

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Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov is a merchant living in Vladimir, a town in Russia. Although Aksionov is prone to drinking, he is not violent, and he is responsible and well liked by people that know him

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Lottery in itself isn't a sin as some may consider it to be a one-time activity. Like Ivan Dmitritch and his wife in their story, the action of doing lottery wasn't the sin, instead, it was more on their selfishness and want to be more superior than the other upon knowing they would win a large amount of money.

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According to Johnson, "When someone says, "You are being selfish," there is no doubt that you have just been criticized. The message from your critic is clear: You are paying too much attention to your own wants, needs, and well-being, and not enough attention to others. Selfish behavior is often described as immoral. A good person thinks of others first."

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People with lots of money don't necessarily have to become sinners. It’s their greediness that corrupts themselves and the people around them. Just like in the story “The Lottery Ticket”, Ivan and his wife succumbed to greed which led to more misfortunes.

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We must not succumb to the temptations that things that give us power come with

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Can jumping to conclusions lead to disappointment?

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Indeed, jumping to conclusions can lead to disappointment, but not in every situation.

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Do not assume right away because it will give you false hope.

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In the story it says, after finding out that the actual number was "Series 9,499, number 46" "Hatred and hope both disappeared at once, and it began
immediately to seem to Ivan Dmitritch and his wife that their
rooms were dark and small and low-pitched".  Also, as stated by psychology today, solid relationships with others depend on solid evidence. Allow yourself to take the time and willingness to suspend judgment, and your relationships will be all the more fulfilling.

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A person often makes assumptions that are not proven yet nor a fact. In some cases, misinterpretations are created that eventually turn into disappointments.

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Both Ivan Dmitritch and his wife were desperate in winning the lottery, as they've always wanted to live a better life and be able to go on a vacation. However, Ivan imagined how his wife would've only given him a small amount of money and give the rest to her relatives. He also imagined how his and her relatives would curse at him if he were to refuse to give them money. He was infuriated at the thought of it.

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This can be seen in the lines "I should certainly go abroad too," his wife said. "But look at the number of the ticket!" "Wait, wait!..." He walked about the room and went on thinking. It occurred to him: what if his wife really did go abroad? It is pleasant to travel alone, or in the society of light, careless women who live in the present, and not such as think and talk all the journey about nothing but their children, sigh, and tremble with dismay over every penny. Ivan Dmitritch imagined his wife in the train with a multitude of parcels, baskets, and bags; she would be sighing over something, complaining that the train made her head ache, that she had spent so much money... At the station she would continually be having to run for boiling water, bread and butter... She wouldn't have dinner because of its being too expensive... "She would begrudge me every penny," he thought, with a glance at his wife. "The lottery ticket is hers, not mine! Besides, what is the use of her going abroad? What does she want there? She would shut herself up in the hotel, and not let me out of her sight... I know!" It can be seen that Ivan Dmitrich is trying to imagine what his wife would do with the money if she were to have the lottery money. It can also be seen that he doesn't want her wife to have the money.

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Lance Antepuesto (Bellarmine G2C)

They should not become greedy especially when it comes to money or in other words they should trust each other and communicate so that problems would be refused in arising

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Are expectations meant to be broken?

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I think that we wouldn't want to expect too much because not all things go the way we want it to be. Expectations can be broken or not but it's up to us whether we can accept the reality.

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Expectations can be either broken or reached and it is up to us to see what would be the outcome of our expectation and it would leave us either satisfied or dissatisfied but we have to accept it as not everything goes our way.

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is that it is best for people to be content with what they have and not to start dreaming of things that (they think) will be much better than what they have.

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Why wasn't Ivan Dmitritch content anymore?

(Erin Panimdin, Shandy Raquel, Janica De Guzman)

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Ivan Dmitritch was no longer satisfied because he had already imagined living such an ambiguous life. Their standards, affected by their imagination, changed it all. (Erin Panimdin, Shandy Raquel, Janica De Guzman)

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Along with the imagination of such luxurious scenarios came with the expectations and heightened standards of their daily life. Unfortunately for them, they turned out to not have won the lottery. This caused their imagination to cease and crumble. Although, their newly intensified standards did not even waver, causing them to not be satisfied with with what they once were content with.
(Erin Panimdin, Shandy Raquel, Janica De Guzman)

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Imagination has a lot to do with the real world. It shapes the manner in which we see our existence, and accordingly, influences our desires and expectations, our activities and conduct(Sasson, 2013). In the story, we can read about how both Ivan had been succumbing to his imaginations, morphing good scenarios into bad situations, feeling the emotions he would have if he were really in that situation, as if he was already living his life. He has already increased his standards, building up as he imagines scenarios.
(Erin Panimdin, Shandy Raquel, Janica De Guzman)

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Why were they so quick to jump to conclusions and turn against each other?

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It may be because Ivan was scared that in the end, he would not be able to use the money for himself and his family. He also thought that his wife was not good at managing money.

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The evidence that supports my claim is "Ivan Dmitritch, holding the paper in his hand, walked several times from corner to corner, and only when he had recovered from the first impression began dreaming a little. "And if we have won," he said--"why, it will be a new life, it will be a transformation! The ticket is yours, but if it were mine I should, first of all, of course, spend twenty-five thousand on real property in the shape of an estate; ten thousand on immediate expenses, new furnishing... travelling... paying debts, and so on... The other forty thousand I would put in the bank and get interest on it."

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Ivan Dmitritch  and his wife did not check the number of the ticket because they thought they already won based on their series which is 9499

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It is better to be sure than to assume...

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Why did Ivan Dmitritch and his wife grow to resent each other?

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Ivan Dmitritch and his wife grew to resent each other because of their prejudices that they formed due to their delusions of supposedly winning the lottery. Because they thought they had won a vast amount of money, their thinking got twisted, seeing each other as leeches who would take each other's supposed 'fortune.'

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This is caused by how their delusions of supposed wealth warped their views of each other. Ivan thought that his wife and her family members would take the money and be greedy about it. The same logic applied to how Ivan's wife thought of him as well, which led them to despise each other.

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This is supported by the text:
"She would only be in my
way. I should be dependent upon her. I can fancy how, like a
regular woman, she will lock the money up as soon as she
gets it... She will hide it from me... She will look after her
relatives and grudge me every penny."
Ivan Dmitritch thought of her relatives. All those wretched
brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles would come
crawling about as soon as they heard of the winning ticket,
would begin whining like beggars, and fawning upon them
with oily, hypocritical smiles. Wretched, detestable people!
If they were given anything, they would ask for more; while
if they were refused, they would swear at them, slander
them, and wish them every kind of misfortune. And his wife's face, too, struck him as repulsive and hateful.
Anger surged up in his heart against her, and he thought
malignantly:
"She knows nothing about money, and so she is stingy. If she
won it she would give me a hundred troubles, and put the
rest away under lock and key."
And he looked at his wife, not with a smile now, but with
hatred. She glanced at him too, and also with hatred and
anger." This supports our answer because this displays the full on resentment they had for each other simply because of their fantasies of having won the lottery. This is further amplified by Ivan Dmitrich's pre-held assumptions about his wife and vice versa which only added fuel to the fire.

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"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," Or in this context, don't falsely assume something that can put you and your relationships at stake.

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Why did Ivan Dmitritch and his wife immediately jump to conclusions without ensuring it?

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Ivan Dmitritch and his wife were desperate for money. They badly want to won the lottery ticket. This made them jump to conclusions without making sure. So we should not be expectorant because not everything can go as planned or as desired and we should also not easily jump to conclusions because at the end, you might be disappointed.

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Lottery itself isn't a sin but in this game we should not expect because the results can vary and jumping to conclusions won't help because it might just lead to disappointment.

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"She knows nothing about money, and so she is stingy. If she won it she would give me a hundred roubles7 , and put the rest away under lock and key." This line shows how desperate Ivan Dmitritch and his wife and their expectations with the money they are going to won in the lottery.

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Make sure before concluding it.