There is a saying: “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” This means that people lack the ability to form judgments without using their own personal beliefs and experiences. Therefore, people have a difficult time fitting into an environment that has a set of beliefs that differ from their own. This is revealed in the two short stories “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. In “Young Goodman Brown,” Young Goodman Brown learns some dark truths about nature during the course of his journey through the forest in Salem Village. Young Goodman Brown experiences betrayal by the love of his life and learns the effects of dishonesty. Similarly, “The Lottery” reveals some dark truths about
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For example, to a modern audience, winning the lottery is the most amazing thing while in the story, winning the lottery means getting stoned to death. Gayle Whittier, an English professor at Binghamton University (SUNY), who is known for her essay ““The Lottery” as Misogynist Parable,” which discusses the unforeseen lesson in “The Lottery” that modern audience can learn from. Gayle Whittier believes that in the lottery, “Individuals draw rather than enter “ballots;” they do not choose, but are chosen; and election to high office is replaced by selection for death” (Whittier). This warns the audience the culture difference between the modern lottery compared to the lottery portrayed by Shirley Jackson. The quote also reveals how the community members and Tessie Hutchinson were not provided with privacy and it made it easier for one gender to be at a great advantage. Joan D. Winslow, the profound author of “The Stranger Within: Two Stories by Oates and Hawthorne,” which reveals how living in denial can destroy a person’s mental health just like in “Young Goodman Brown.” In the text, Winslow, she says “ ...Goodman Brown encounters the devil because he has tried to avoid a recognition of the disturbing character of human nature” (Winslow). This means that people are better off knowing the good and bad in people or else they can live a lonely life. I challenge everyone to see things as they
For example, to a modern audience, winning the lottery is the most amazing thing while in the story, winning the lottery means getting stoned to death. Gayle Whittier, an English professor at Binghamton University (SUNY), who is known for her essay ““The Lottery” as Misogynist Parable,” which discusses the unforeseen lesson in “The Lottery” that modern audience can learn from. Gayle Whittier believes that in the lottery, “Individuals draw rather than enter “ballots;” they do not choose, but are chosen; and election to high office is replaced by selection for death” (Whittier). This warns the audience the culture difference between the modern lottery compared to the lottery portrayed by Shirley Jackson. The quote also reveals how the community members and Tessie Hutchinson were not provided with privacy and it made it easier for one gender to be at a great advantage. Joan D. Winslow, the profound author of “The Stranger Within: Two Stories by Oates and Hawthorne,” which reveals how living in denial can destroy a person’s mental health just like in “Young Goodman Brown.” In the text, Winslow, she says “ ...Goodman Brown encounters the devil because he has tried to avoid a recognition of the disturbing character of human nature” (Winslow). This means that people are better off knowing the good and bad in people or else they can live a lonely life. I challenge everyone to see things as they