"A Win Nobody Wants "
A corrupted system. A system that does not protect but kills its citizens instead. Do they dare speak up or are too afraid to say anything at all?
The Lottery is a very intriguing story when tradition and superstition is stronger than logical thinking. They kill the person that is chosen for their crops to grow or, so they think. "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" (Jackson p4). Is this murder or death with a reasonable cause? In small towns or countries change is very slow to happen sometimes it does not happen at all. People chose to blindly follow tradition than to think rationally over a certain set of laws. In Puerto Rico it being a small country it's people don’t take change very well. They do anything to stick to tradition because it’s the only thing they've known for, so long. Change is scary, but sometimes it's for the best. Implying from the story as well Old Man Warner was afraid that if the lottery stopped so would the food. " Some places have already quit lotteries" Mrs. Adams said to which Old Man warner replied, "Nothing but trouble in that; Pack of young fools" He has participated in the lottery for seventy-seven years and not once has he demanded change he was content with the way …show more content…
As the story develops the changes among the characters becomes more noticeable. Some began to turn against their friends while others showed some sympathy. Mrs. Hutchinson tapped Mrs. Delacroix in the shoulder as a friendly Farwell as she made her way through the crowd (Jackson p2). Later, when we discovered that the unlucky winner of the lottery is in fact Mrs. Hutchinson we can see how Mrs. Delacroix responded towards Tessie. "Be a good sport, Tessie" (Jackson p5). This shows how the tables turned, it all started with friendly tap and ended with Mrs. Delacroix basically telling Tessie to participate and let herself get killed. If this does not scream hypocrite, don't know what
A corrupted system. A system that does not protect but kills its citizens instead. Do they dare speak up or are too afraid to say anything at all?
The Lottery is a very intriguing story when tradition and superstition is stronger than logical thinking. They kill the person that is chosen for their crops to grow or, so they think. "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" (Jackson p4). Is this murder or death with a reasonable cause? In small towns or countries change is very slow to happen sometimes it does not happen at all. People chose to blindly follow tradition than to think rationally over a certain set of laws. In Puerto Rico it being a small country it's people don’t take change very well. They do anything to stick to tradition because it’s the only thing they've known for, so long. Change is scary, but sometimes it's for the best. Implying from the story as well Old Man Warner was afraid that if the lottery stopped so would the food. " Some places have already quit lotteries" Mrs. Adams said to which Old Man warner replied, "Nothing but trouble in that; Pack of young fools" He has participated in the lottery for seventy-seven years and not once has he demanded change he was content with the way …show more content…
As the story develops the changes among the characters becomes more noticeable. Some began to turn against their friends while others showed some sympathy. Mrs. Hutchinson tapped Mrs. Delacroix in the shoulder as a friendly Farwell as she made her way through the crowd (Jackson p2). Later, when we discovered that the unlucky winner of the lottery is in fact Mrs. Hutchinson we can see how Mrs. Delacroix responded towards Tessie. "Be a good sport, Tessie" (Jackson p5). This shows how the tables turned, it all started with friendly tap and ended with Mrs. Delacroix basically telling Tessie to participate and let herself get killed. If this does not scream hypocrite, don't know what