In the story, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson the town’s people have a strange tradition. The tradition consists of a lottery, but it ends with the “winner” getting stoned by the rest of the town. Throughout the story, the reader finds out that in the end this tradition is pointless and does more harm than good. They should abandon the tradition of the lottery all together specifically because the lack of benefits from the tradition, the psychological affects it has on the participants and the lack of interest in the traditional factors of the lottery.
The first reason why the town’s people should stop the lottery is because the impending loss. In the beginning of the story, the reader becomes aware that the lottery is a waste of time from …show more content…
but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours,”
In this town two hours does not seem like a big deal, but two days just to complete a lottery seems ridiculous. In addition to wasting time, we can take notice that it does not matter the class or age of the people during the lottery. “Mr. Summers called his own name and then stepped forward precisely and selected a slip from the box.” Mr. Summer is not even safe from the lottery. This is an issue because he is the main that runs the coal business and in addition sets up all civic activities. If he so happened to win the lottery they would need to find someone to replace everything he does. Which in turn would also waste time.
The second reason why the town’s people should stop the lottery is how it affects the people mentally. Everyone in the town suffers from slight antisocial personality disorder Mayo Clinic Staff states
“Antisocial personality disorder is a type of chronic mental condition in which a person's ways of thinking, perceiving situations and relating to others are dysfunctional — and destructive. People with antisocial personality disorder typically have no regard for right and wrong and often disregard the rights, wishes and feelings of
The first reason why the town’s people should stop the lottery is because the impending loss. In the beginning of the story, the reader becomes aware that the lottery is a waste of time from …show more content…
but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours,”
In this town two hours does not seem like a big deal, but two days just to complete a lottery seems ridiculous. In addition to wasting time, we can take notice that it does not matter the class or age of the people during the lottery. “Mr. Summers called his own name and then stepped forward precisely and selected a slip from the box.” Mr. Summer is not even safe from the lottery. This is an issue because he is the main that runs the coal business and in addition sets up all civic activities. If he so happened to win the lottery they would need to find someone to replace everything he does. Which in turn would also waste time.
The second reason why the town’s people should stop the lottery is how it affects the people mentally. Everyone in the town suffers from slight antisocial personality disorder Mayo Clinic Staff states
“Antisocial personality disorder is a type of chronic mental condition in which a person's ways of thinking, perceiving situations and relating to others are dysfunctional — and destructive. People with antisocial personality disorder typically have no regard for right and wrong and often disregard the rights, wishes and feelings of