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2. In The Green Clothes, green is the color of envy, greed and money! This poem is thematically similar to Paper. Even though the poem takes place at a roulette wheel the gamblers from the short story and the poem have similar experiences. Explain how tips, dry lips, and all that was spent in vain could apply to the short story Paper.
The tips would represent Tay Soon's initial earnings. Dry lips would represent all the stress on Tay Soon after the stock market crashed and he had lost all his money. All that was spent in vain would represent all his life savings were lost when the stock market crashed and his dream house was finished as he failed to sell his stocks, and only had "paper money". He eventually loses his life as well due to the stress and thus, "paper money" could only buy a paper house, which was also burned in the end.

3. Ah Boh in Lottery has about one dollar, there’s a “blind man,” the number 13 and ultimately zero dollars to bet. These last examples are taken from One-Dollar Gambler. Show how they also relate to Ah Boh.
The "blind man" represents Ah Boh, for he did not know if he will win or lose in the lottery. The number 13 represents his unluckiness. It also relates to her superstitions regarding gambling. Zero dollars to bet would mean that Ah Boh had gambled all her money eventually and was left with zero dollars.