“The Impact of Violence on Society” Violence is the use of physical force to harm a certain individual. In The Lottery, and The Watchers readers witness the wicked aftermaths of two narrow minded societies, who without question follow their “Leaders”. It is certain to say that violence has an amazingly significant impact when it comes to the psychological behaviour, the mental state, and the social attributes a certain individual will gain, from witnessing violence, no matter in which way or form. Violence has an immense influence on the behaviour of humans. This influence is mostly negative, and this negative influence is shown in behaviour towards common actions or interactions with other people. This theory can be put to the test by using
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It is learned in The Lottery that much of the characters hint of stopping the lottery. Mr. Adams says “That over in the north village they’re talking of giving up the lottery.” (Jackson)It is certain that if the villagers are taking about others giving up the lottery, there is a very good chance that most of the citizens also want out. All these years that the lottery has been going on and leaving a very disturbing and illogical impact on the brains of the villagers. This is the pure product of witnessing violence extremities over a long period of time. In The Watchers the citizens of the city who witness the murder of the young girl. All of the audience is certainly shocked because of the fact that no one claps at the end of the performance. The way that the author lays out the plot bits by bits basically sets up the ending. Imagine at the beginning of the story, everyone is excited to go to some performance getting dressed leaving in happiness but, when experiencing this performance everyone is silent and quite. Everyone is watching. Everyone is watching deeply, trying to keep the reactions that are produced in the brain. This is what damages the brain, according to The Canadian Mental Health Association, violence plays a big hand in mental health issues such as: Anxiety Disorders, depression, and a very harmful one that is suicide. Shirley Jackson and Florence Randall make sure to provide enough clues to help readers signify the impacts and destruction that is caused by witnessing
It is learned in The Lottery that much of the characters hint of stopping the lottery. Mr. Adams says “That over in the north village they’re talking of giving up the lottery.” (Jackson)It is certain that if the villagers are taking about others giving up the lottery, there is a very good chance that most of the citizens also want out. All these years that the lottery has been going on and leaving a very disturbing and illogical impact on the brains of the villagers. This is the pure product of witnessing violence extremities over a long period of time. In The Watchers the citizens of the city who witness the murder of the young girl. All of the audience is certainly shocked because of the fact that no one claps at the end of the performance. The way that the author lays out the plot bits by bits basically sets up the ending. Imagine at the beginning of the story, everyone is excited to go to some performance getting dressed leaving in happiness but, when experiencing this performance everyone is silent and quite. Everyone is watching. Everyone is watching deeply, trying to keep the reactions that are produced in the brain. This is what damages the brain, according to The Canadian Mental Health Association, violence plays a big hand in mental health issues such as: Anxiety Disorders, depression, and a very harmful one that is suicide. Shirley Jackson and Florence Randall make sure to provide enough clues to help readers signify the impacts and destruction that is caused by witnessing