Luck

 Group Members-- Dani Lanza, Aubrey Goertel, Zach Brong

Luck Summary Luck is a story told through two narrators at a banquet in London. The first narrator is a man who is unidentified, but is admiring the war hero Scoresby. The second narrator, the Reverend, approaches the man and divulges the fact that Scoresby is a fool. The Reverend goes on to tell the man a story about Scoresby's foolishness. The Reverend first met Scoresby at the military academy-Woolwich. Scoresby is a young man trying to pass his entrance exams. The Reverend takes pity on Scoresby and helps him by preparing him for his exams. Scoresby succeeds and passes his exams. The Reverend continues to help him because he is fearful of the harm that Scoresby could cause.

The Crimean War soon breaks out and Scoresby is made Captain of a marching regiment. Throughtout the war Scoresby continually climbs the ranks until he is finally made Colonel. Even though Scoresby has been "blundering" his way through the war so far, the Reverend believes that finally this will be his downfall. But Scoresby, by pure luck, stumbles upon the Russian Army, and they flee. The reserve Russian army that is fighting has their line broken, and Scoresby is made a military genius. The Reverend concludes his story by stating the fact that Scoresby did not achieve all his success because of skill, instead it was due to the fact of pure luck.

Analysis

From the view point of Deconstruction...

-The Reverend can not be trusted due to his jealousy of Scoresby. His narration is therefore very opiniated. -The first narrator blindly trusts the Reverend's opinion due to the stereotypical view of being yreverend. -In the Reverend's story he fails to give detailed accounts of the Crimean War, and the actions of Scoresby. He only presents the reader with his view point. -The Reverend also only chooses to focus on the stupidities and blunders of Scoresby. He fails to acknowledge if Scoresby is a good military leader, or the true nature of his actions.