It is true that people are only human and occasionally make mistakes, but what happens when people make some without even knowing it? In the two short stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, the authors write about this exact topic. They express in their stories the consequences of some mistakes from characters that end up to be more than just consequential. Although “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson may differ immensely, the stories’ themes similarly convey that blindly accepting something without question can lead to one’s downfall.
In Bradbury’s “The Veldt”, this message is demonstrated from the wealthy Hadley family, who purchased the latest -and very expensive- HappyLife Home, a program that “clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang and was good to them.” (1). It was originally bought because parents George and Lydia Hadley wanted …show more content…
For instance in “The Lottery,” the villagers blindly accepted the tradition because they wanted to hold on to the past. Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, constantly complained how the new generation of villagers wanted to stop the lottery for good and how they are a “pack of crazy fools.” (3). His opinion on keeping the tradition and the past with him controls the village and keeps the horrible tradition alive. On the other hand, George and Lydia blindly accepted technology to take over their lives because they wanted all of the newest versions of everything. They wanted what was best for their children, and that way, according to them, was to get the latest editions of everything. Fundamentally, one can learn from these short stories a very valuable lesson that people can use in their everyday lives. According to these stories, the reader can understand that blindly accepting something that can cause everything to go
In Bradbury’s “The Veldt”, this message is demonstrated from the wealthy Hadley family, who purchased the latest -and very expensive- HappyLife Home, a program that “clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang and was good to them.” (1). It was originally bought because parents George and Lydia Hadley wanted …show more content…
For instance in “The Lottery,” the villagers blindly accepted the tradition because they wanted to hold on to the past. Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, constantly complained how the new generation of villagers wanted to stop the lottery for good and how they are a “pack of crazy fools.” (3). His opinion on keeping the tradition and the past with him controls the village and keeps the horrible tradition alive. On the other hand, George and Lydia blindly accepted technology to take over their lives because they wanted all of the newest versions of everything. They wanted what was best for their children, and that way, according to them, was to get the latest editions of everything. Fundamentally, one can learn from these short stories a very valuable lesson that people can use in their everyday lives. According to these stories, the reader can understand that blindly accepting something that can cause everything to go