In the story “The Lottery” tradition is something highly sought after by the inhabitants regardless of the little benefits tradition brings. Progression is slow down within the society of “The Lottery” because of how highly traditions are valued amongst the citizens. The tradition of the lottery has shown its negative impact on the younger ones. Children have their mind set that the tradition is something to follow as it is greatly anticipated by the public. Tradition has manipulated the mind of the eager children to “stuffed [their] pockets full of stones,” (43) before the lottery has even begun.
The character Old Man Warner, the only person left of an older generation, is the only person who really holds the significance of the lottery, which is to bring in a plentiful harvest while the others have lost sight of the real reason and seem to participate only out of joy in violently killing someone. Griffin then goes on to write about what the lottery represented in the past and how it has lost meaning to most and after the decisions are made, people turn on each other as a means of survival and then have fun taking a life. Finally, griffin ends with the comment “Although civilized people may no longer
Although he did kill a few people in the story, he never really wanted to. When he defeated Bonzo and Stilson, he did it so that he would not just win that fight, he’d win all of the fights that they would ever have. He never meant to kill anyone. When he found out that he killed all the buggers he started crying. The IF lied to him and told him that it was just a game when it was not.
In this story, the towns people potrayed just that: weakness against change. There were many reasons for this falter, and in this particular situation: the older generation was stagnant when it came to breaking the unlawful tradition. The reason the town followed the tradition was for no other reason than it was what they had always known. Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, said “There’s always been a lottery”(2). When Mrs. Adams said “some places have already quit lotteries”(2), Old Man Warner responded by saying “nothing but trouble in that… Pack of young fools”(2).
The material possession will make people lose their mind, to let people become crazy, and then will take them down. At the novel page 127, Michele’s father said, “two ears, we'll cut off. Two!” his father was going to crazy, that all because the material possessions, Michele has know his father was a kidnapper just now. Then, with the compassion and material possessions he did choose the pity to be his way, which helped him to make choose to save Filippo when Filippo has got in to trouble. Michele has tried to save Filippo out of the hole that because the villagers become mind, and he was the only one who still has clear mind.
Explain your answer. 1. Zaroff will be upset that he lost and he will try to win because he never loses and NEEDS to win, and Rainsford runs away alive safe and sound. 2. Its pretty screwed up because he kills people like the like goats and doesn’t care.
Symbols of “The Lottery” We associate lotteries with good things like winning cash prizes. In The Lottery; there is a chosen one but not for the kind of end prize anyone would think but rather a sacrifice to be made and as the story goes, those in the village believe this is normal and there's nothing wrong. The lottery is operating as an allegory of village life itself: at first, it seems harmless, but then we start to wonder what's going on with all the subdued smiles and piled up stones. As the head of the family draws for the household; the choice is final; some get lucky in the drawing and not chosen while others aren’t as successful in this process. Before long, the reader is thrown into a bizarre twist that would not be revealed until the end.
There are other fields for him to plough” (651). With his son's happiness and love of his life on the line, Creon decides to execute Antigone. But when the prophet man, Teiresias, tells Creon that carrying out the death of Antigone will bring on more loss for him. All in all, Creon becomes very scared because those he love may be affected by his decisions. Creon is clearly not a religious figure when he approaches a towns person for advice on how to fix his situation, “Tell me what to do.
In “The Lottery” Chris Abani shows how religion was a big part of his village. First, people have different views on what’s just and not just. This is way crimes such as murders are committed by some and not by others. One day in Chris’ village a man was accused of stealing and he wasn’t given a trial. Chris’ religious aunt slapped the man on his way out the store which showed that she thought the man was a disgrace.
However, the habitual acceptance of the lottery has made ritual homicide a part of the community lore. When murmurs about change begin to drift through the town, the superstitious voice of Old Man Warner makes the townspeople fear that their whole way of life would fall apart without this grisly drawing. The random elements of society violence also appear as a theme in "The Lottery." There is no reason for Tessie Hutchinson to die other than that she happened to draw the wrong slip of paper. However, once that took place, she stopped being a member of the community.