Yes. Today's society is filled with sabotaging and hypocrisy. This is especially evident when Tessie tries to drag her own daughter into the mess. She only wants to survive and does not care if her daughter get killed in her place.
These are very common nowadays. People are used to sabotage others. For example, when someone does something wrong and is questioned by the teacher, he would push the blame to another person instead.
Sometimes, we are fine with something until it happens to us. Like Tessie in the story, she has no problem with the Lottery until she was chosen to be stoned. Do not do something which you would not like people to do upon you. We should be responsible for our actions. For example, sabotaging people may seem fun, but when it is done to you, you would feel frustrated and betrayed just like your friend did when you sabotaged him.
We should not act like those in the story. Some of them are cold and heartless and merciless. However, others are just afraid of being killed if they did not follow the tradition, thus becoming conformists. If we find that something is not right, we should stand up to it and voice our views instead of cowardly hiding in a corner, hoping that things will change by itself.
In today's society, we have our own form of lottery, which is the opposite of the one in the story. In the story, the person who wins the lottery will get stoned to death , whereas in today's society, whoever wins the lottery is considered lucky and gets price.
Personally, I feel that we should shoulder the responsibility and face trouble in its face. Accept reality and we will become a better person. Dwell on the painful past and we will not be successful.
I think that the people are following a cruel tradition. They are killing innocent people each year just because of tradition. Each year, 1 person dies and people stones him to death, even if they are their close relatives or friend. Imagine talking to someone 5 minutes before and stoning the same person 10 minutes later.
Children who are watching this cruel tradition will also grow up and follow in the footsteps of their parents. We should set a good example to our children. By doing this, we are promoting cruelty and these children will become violent and will wander into the wrong path. Thus, i feel that someone in the story should stand up and go against this evil and cruel tradition.
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Wong Mun Kit:
Hey Xue Hao, i like your way of thinking about the lottery. There are a few meanings behind it and it is up to us to interprete it. The part about the woman being fine with the lottery is rather intriguing. you have indeed read the story in detail to be able to find that out. Anyway, nice blog though.
I do agree that the story portrays the ugly, hypocritical side of human nature.
Mrs. Hutchinson(Tessie) joked about leaving "m'dishes in the sink" with Mr. Summers as she thought that she would probably not be the winner of the lottery.
However, when her husband won the first round, her whole attitude changed and she protested that Mr. Summers "didn't give him time enough to take any paper he wanted" and claimed that it "wasn't fair".
This shows that humans do not really care about problems that affect others until they threaten to cost personal harm. For example, In America, they don't really care about those people who lose their jobs because of the economic crisis,and may even hate them for causing higher taxes so as to pay for their Welfare claims, until they lose their own jobs. Then, they complain the government isn't doing enough to support the unemployed.
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