The idea that being influenced by others in society can make us do things that are inhumane relates to Examination Day by Henry Seslar, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, The Fat Boy by Owen Marshall and The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty. The texts Examination Day and The Lottery illustrate the effects a corrupt government can have on society and portrays how easy it is to blindly follow inhumane laws made by the government. Short stories The Fat Boy and The Sniper share the idea that society can make us do something inhumane by putting us against someone.
Across the texts Examination Day and The Lottery, you see the effects of a corrupt government and how easy it is to blindly follow them even though they make others do inhumane things. For example, …show more content…
You see the people live in fear and follow the government's inhumane rules as it is how society has always been for them. I believe their society wants power and control as it makes them feel protected and untouchable. Henry was trying to expose the true nature of some government systems and show they will eliminate anyone who will stop them reaching their end goal. This is effective as it makes you aware there are corrupt governments in the world like the one Dickie lives in and how easy it is for them to control you. It teaches us the world is a cruel place and if we don’t do what we can to make it better nothing will change. This means we are going along with the cruel law’s society already has in place. Following the UN declaration of human rights to work for a goal accessible for everyone will change the world for the better. To not fall into the same traps we could be one with each other to make the world greater instead of competing and fighting. As there as been many wars over the years like World War 1 and 2. Like Examination Day, The Lottery shows the reader that by following the government's inhumane laws you could get a …show more content…
In The Lottery “she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. "It isn't fair." A stone hit her on the side of the head.” This conveys in following the cruel ways of the government it can make you do inhumane things, like how the villagers including her family murdered her. Both the texts relate to this as they could stop the way of the government and change it, yet they comply and do inhuman things to others. I feel this is because change is scary and that by going along they are not seen as an outcast or target. "It's not the way it used to be." Old Man Warner said clearly. "People ain't the way they used to be." I believe the author’s purpose of this was to make us understand change isn’t always a good thing but you will need to improve society. It is in our human
Across the texts Examination Day and The Lottery, you see the effects of a corrupt government and how easy it is to blindly follow them even though they make others do inhumane things. For example, …show more content…
You see the people live in fear and follow the government's inhumane rules as it is how society has always been for them. I believe their society wants power and control as it makes them feel protected and untouchable. Henry was trying to expose the true nature of some government systems and show they will eliminate anyone who will stop them reaching their end goal. This is effective as it makes you aware there are corrupt governments in the world like the one Dickie lives in and how easy it is for them to control you. It teaches us the world is a cruel place and if we don’t do what we can to make it better nothing will change. This means we are going along with the cruel law’s society already has in place. Following the UN declaration of human rights to work for a goal accessible for everyone will change the world for the better. To not fall into the same traps we could be one with each other to make the world greater instead of competing and fighting. As there as been many wars over the years like World War 1 and 2. Like Examination Day, The Lottery shows the reader that by following the government's inhumane laws you could get a …show more content…
In The Lottery “she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. "It isn't fair." A stone hit her on the side of the head.” This conveys in following the cruel ways of the government it can make you do inhumane things, like how the villagers including her family murdered her. Both the texts relate to this as they could stop the way of the government and change it, yet they comply and do inhuman things to others. I feel this is because change is scary and that by going along they are not seen as an outcast or target. "It's not the way it used to be." Old Man Warner said clearly. "People ain't the way they used to be." I believe the author’s purpose of this was to make us understand change isn’t always a good thing but you will need to improve society. It is in our human