A similarity between the writing style of Le Guin and Jackson is their use of both plot and characters to portray the themes of their story. Within Jackson’s “The Lottery” the whole village gathers together for an annual ceremony in which someone is randomly selected to be stoned to death. The theme of blindly following tradition is seen within the lines “Although the villagers has forgotten the ritual and ost the original black box, they still remembered to use stoned. (Jackson 7) The current residents of the village do not even follow the old traditional ritual of the original villagers, and many of them probably do not have the knowledge as to how it was performed, yet every single year they murder a person without knowing the reason behind it. All they know is that they get to throw fling some rocks at a random person and it seems that is all they care about.
A rule that does so little to protect the law as it was made. The exclusionary rule allows criminals to go because evidence was illegally obtained, but what about the victims of the crimes. It is almost a turntable and they have become a victim for a second time. I am going to discuss the three main reasons why we as citizens should get rid of the rule. One is the releasing the guilty back into society, next is the slowing down of the criminal process and the last thing is the behavior and consequence of the police officers involved in the cases.
Even to the point of the actual stoning was apparently treated as their usual conspiracy that jus simply takes place. The suspense that leads up to the ending of The Lottery does catch your attention and manipulates you to become eager for an outcome, which is a significantly crucial and brutal ending, that is greatly set up as a juxtapose compared to the beginning. Even with the noticeable signs of compassion for Mrs. Hutchinson, the beating upon her still continued without hesitation. Her last statements of the selection being unfair and the tradition not being morally right were simply ignored by the people of the town so that they may try to end the task as quickly as possible. It is stated in the story that they had forgotten the proper and initial ritual and lost the original box but felt that the tradition of this sacrifice would bring good harvest.
"The Lottery" is a short story about the dangers of unexamined traditions and the dark side of the human nature. Shirley Jackson reveals a shocking dark look into society that lampoons traditions, families, and the cruelty that all humans can reveal towards each other. It seems in the story that we are reminded of how a society can seemingly blindly follow any tradition without truly knowing the source, or even why the tradition is followed. It's been proven many times that societies can follow a tradition simply on the fact that they were taught that as a child, or at a younger age, and it was just how they were raised. The story reminds me of a Psychological study about a group of monkeys that were kept in a room where they hung bananas over a ladder in the middle of the room.
Despite the absurd actions that Antigone puts everyone through without any regard for the law, Creon still reasons with her. By offering to execute the guards to save Antigone’s life in Anouilh’s Antigone, Creon drifts away from the tyrannical role he played in the original Antigone, and becomes a forgiving and somewhat reasonable person. According to Oxford Journals, The character of Antigone took on the role of the French Resistance and Creon took on the role of the Government, symbolizing the power struggle that was taking place in France at the time. Publishing this play was very risky for Anouilh, considering the circumstances. In ancient Greece, during the Peloponnesian wars,
Sometimes a punishment is related to your transgression, and other times it has nothing to do with it. None the less there is a common goal, and that is to deter you from breaking the rules. It really shouldn’t matter what the punishment is just as long as it brings about a desirable result. Certainly the same must be true for our criminal justice system; it’s not advantageous for us as a society for the system to be in place strictly to hold us accountable for our actions. Take the death penalty for example, it is the old eye for an eye concept, kill and be killed.
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Deterrence is an act or process of discouraging and preventing an action from occurring. When potential killers know that the cost of their murderous action can result in their own death, they are much more hesitant and more likely to reconsider their plans. Murderers are selfish and sick-minded people who have no consideration of others. Isaac Ehrlich puts it perfectly, “ if one execution of a guilty capital murderer deters the murder of one innocent life, the execution is justified.” Therefore, capital punishment should be strictly enforced and legalized.Capital punishment also provides protection to the society. Philosopher Jackues Barzun compares such criminals to wolves.
It is just how people look at it and how a person can either express it out or have it hidden in the inside. Greed can blind a person and change his or her way of living as well as the way a person looks at life. John Steinbeck provides a good example of how this “potential” nature can change a person’s life. Kino and his family and every other person who have heard about the giant pearl began to face challenging situation from Kino’s finding this valuable object. Greed has gradually grown in them and made them suffer greatly.
Power Corrupts; Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely “Power is pernicious”, the old woman had said. She further added: “Even when we feel it will leave us scot-free, it lams us sorely and we are left fop-doodles in this harsh world.” Another man had said: “Power often brings a mint of money but with it we are rickety. It’s a meretricious thing, which often fools us.” Well, I have come to the discernible conclusion that power, instead of bringing joy and deliriousness brings woe and demise as it wreaks havoc through one’s soul. Power is basically a hidden form of death. We may go round our history books either lambasting or extolling powerful leaders, but we will always come to the conclusion that power does corrupt a man.