Humans are generally cruel and ignorant. People aren’t selfless and they lack empathy. People can’t even use some sense to save themselves. The Titanic, for example, was a huge step for a more hedonistic lifestyle. The day came, and then, it sunk. Instead of taking precautions to save lives there were only enough lifeboats for the rich. The lack of caring and other important qualities makes humans their own worst enemies. This is exemplified by the way the characters act in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs, and “There will come soft rains....” by Ray Bradbury. The characters in “The Lottery” prove themselves to be deceptively vicious and cruel. In a small village all the townsfolk are congregated in the
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After every representative has a pick, the reader learns Bill Hutchinson has a black dot on his paper. This means that his family will have to redraw. Tessie Hutchinson-Bill’s wife-becomes very upset. Nobody listens to her complain. Tessie, now gets a black dot. She is then isolated from the villagers, and they throw rocks at her until she dies. When Tessie arrives late to the Lottery, “The people separated good-humoredly to let her through” (Jackson 2). But, after Tessie picks the black dot, “...She held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her” (Jackson 7). The townspeople are very pleasant when Tessie arrives, joking and making conversation with her. Just like they would with a friend. They move aside to allow Tessie to join her family in the front and are not nasty, or mean. They give no warning to what …show more content…
One house is standing in a huge area of debris. The house is stripped of white paint, except for five spots, with four human imprints, and a ball. Inside, the house is making breakfast and sounding alarms for nobody to ever hear, “The house stood alone in a city of rubble and ashes. This was the one house left standing. At night the ruined city gave off a radioactive glow which could be seen for miles” (Bradbury 216). Humans had it all. There are houses that cook and clean. Any stress is taken care of by the house’s gentle reminders, and security was excellent: a voice-activated entryway. Then, the humans decide to drop a nuclear bomb. It wiped out miles of area. When reading this story, the reader makes an inference that there was a war, and the end was a nuclear bomb. The humans created amazing things for themselves, but they also created the thing that killed them. The humans had an amazing life, filled with technology, but they ruined it. Jealousy, hate, and fear caused the killing of many people, proving that humans are their own worst
After every representative has a pick, the reader learns Bill Hutchinson has a black dot on his paper. This means that his family will have to redraw. Tessie Hutchinson-Bill’s wife-becomes very upset. Nobody listens to her complain. Tessie, now gets a black dot. She is then isolated from the villagers, and they throw rocks at her until she dies. When Tessie arrives late to the Lottery, “The people separated good-humoredly to let her through” (Jackson 2). But, after Tessie picks the black dot, “...She held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her” (Jackson 7). The townspeople are very pleasant when Tessie arrives, joking and making conversation with her. Just like they would with a friend. They move aside to allow Tessie to join her family in the front and are not nasty, or mean. They give no warning to what …show more content…
One house is standing in a huge area of debris. The house is stripped of white paint, except for five spots, with four human imprints, and a ball. Inside, the house is making breakfast and sounding alarms for nobody to ever hear, “The house stood alone in a city of rubble and ashes. This was the one house left standing. At night the ruined city gave off a radioactive glow which could be seen for miles” (Bradbury 216). Humans had it all. There are houses that cook and clean. Any stress is taken care of by the house’s gentle reminders, and security was excellent: a voice-activated entryway. Then, the humans decide to drop a nuclear bomb. It wiped out miles of area. When reading this story, the reader makes an inference that there was a war, and the end was a nuclear bomb. The humans created amazing things for themselves, but they also created the thing that killed them. The humans had an amazing life, filled with technology, but they ruined it. Jealousy, hate, and fear caused the killing of many people, proving that humans are their own worst