There are several things in the world that can make a person happy, including sports, animals, and food. Nevertheless, the biggest thing that makes people the happiest is money. People find many ways to receive money for themselves, one way is winning the lottery. The lottery plays an important role in distributing money, while many people decide to participate in the game. During today’s society, the lottery is a competitive game where people enter to win loads of money. However, in the story, The Lottery, written by Shirley Jackson, the main purpose of the lottery system is vastly different when comparing it to our modern day system. At the time, the lottery was originally intended for the person whose name was called out of the black box to be …show more content…
With that specific number, they feel as if it may increase their chances of winning and boost their confidence. Moreover, some people are willing to take the risk of losing some money to win a larger amount of money in the end. People believe that if they do not take the chance of winning the money, they may regret it in the future. In contrast to people’s faith in the lottery, others believe in the lottery because they have not evolved to understand the extremely low probabilities of winning the lottery. The media has an exceedingly high influence on people’s unrealistic optimism. For instance, there are often many advertisements about the chance of winning the lottery, which could benefit a person’s life tremendously. The media, however, tends to lure their audience into buying tickets, hoping to trick their minds into believing that they have a big chance of winning. There are many gullible people in our society who end up buying these tickets with high expectations of winning, and not realizing the reality of it. Lastly, people believe in the lottery simply because it is a ritual that they follow along with their previous