What William Golding-author of “Lord of the Flies”- and Shirley Jackson-author of “The Lottery”- are saying humanity is that how people blindly accept violent acts. Toward the beginning of both novels the plot initially starts with civilized characters; as the plot progresses the characters withdraw their reason to act civilized and their cruel nature is revealed. Shirley Jackson writes a controversial story that reflect upon humanity and human nature. People in this village have become accepting of this cruel custom, that has become a yearly ritual without any moral repulsion. The lottery ritual has been a tradition way before the Old Man Warner. When Mr. Adam tells him that some places has stopped conducting the lottery, “over in the the
