Serendipity
“The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way” is the dictionary definition of serendipity. Many people’s lives are changed for the better because of serendipitous moments. For example, a chance meeting in a coffee shop could find you face to face with your true love. Being in the right place at the right time can change the course of one’s life. However, being in the wrong place at the wrong time can create a life of chaos, or even the tragic, and inexplicable ending of lives. Shirley Jackson’s renowned short story, “The Lottery” displays how the wicked game of chance is apparent not only in fiction but in today’s chaotic, and often needless acts of violence.
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Although a division of the town knows that this ritual is inhumane and unorthodox, other members still believe and trust in the government and fully support this act of violence, “Some places have already quit lotteries Mrs.
Adams said, “Nothing but trouble in that, Old man warner said stoutly. Pack of young fools”
(Jackson 31). This
Frederick 2 reference highlights the segmentation of this town’s thoughts and feelings of the “far fetched” ritual. In the similar act of violence that was performed in Manchester, UK. On the 12th of June
2017, a man bombed the crowd of an Ariana Grande concert shortly after it ended (BBC news).
“People who had arrived to drive friends and relatives home were forced to go on a desperate hunt to find missing children” (BBC news) Although each of these traumatic events happened in different time periods, the cruel and upsetting aspects of them are incredibly similar. Both misfortunes were random and had no rhyme or reason. This evidence reinforces how fate can completely spin your world upside down.
Chance is often vile and irreversible, it is proven to be obvious not only in fiction but in
“The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way” is the dictionary definition of serendipity. Many people’s lives are changed for the better because of serendipitous moments. For example, a chance meeting in a coffee shop could find you face to face with your true love. Being in the right place at the right time can change the course of one’s life. However, being in the wrong place at the wrong time can create a life of chaos, or even the tragic, and inexplicable ending of lives. Shirley Jackson’s renowned short story, “The Lottery” displays how the wicked game of chance is apparent not only in fiction but in today’s chaotic, and often needless acts of violence.
The elements of fiction often present …show more content…
Although a division of the town knows that this ritual is inhumane and unorthodox, other members still believe and trust in the government and fully support this act of violence, “Some places have already quit lotteries Mrs.
Adams said, “Nothing but trouble in that, Old man warner said stoutly. Pack of young fools”
(Jackson 31). This
Frederick 2 reference highlights the segmentation of this town’s thoughts and feelings of the “far fetched” ritual. In the similar act of violence that was performed in Manchester, UK. On the 12th of June
2017, a man bombed the crowd of an Ariana Grande concert shortly after it ended (BBC news).
“People who had arrived to drive friends and relatives home were forced to go on a desperate hunt to find missing children” (BBC news) Although each of these traumatic events happened in different time periods, the cruel and upsetting aspects of them are incredibly similar. Both misfortunes were random and had no rhyme or reason. This evidence reinforces how fate can completely spin your world upside down.
Chance is often vile and irreversible, it is proven to be obvious not only in fiction but in