The Lottery Response

As a reader of “The Lottery”, I will give many reasons for why this work should have been published, but first let me explain the messages this story conveys to the readers. This story makes the reader face the fact of do humans blindly follow traditions or rituals without knowing what these true actions mean. Are humans sometimes clueless about what they do? As Shirley Jackson writes in her short story about how the “It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her” (Jackson 34). A scene like this is only one of many horrifying depictions throughout the story that test your morals. Messages like how humans do not speak their opinion, even if it is against the public’s view are conveyed. It really shows

My opinion on the message of “The Lottery” is brings to people’s eyes of what has become of the world we live in. For example, “the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones” (Jackson 34). This shows how human nature is cruel at the very roots. When a human is given the option between a good or bad deed, the person will always pick the bad side because it is easier. As shown in the story, the villagers do not speak up about this problem because of public shame. I can see how this can be very intimidating, but there is a point when enough is enough and someone has to stand up. Stated in Shirley Jackson’s short story it can be shown that Mr. and Mrs. Adams are putting ideas of getting rid of the lottery by telling Old Man Warner of “in the north village they're talking of giving up the lottery” (Jackson 30). So this is superior to still see someone standing up for what is right, but as the reader can see he gets shot down by Old Man Warner’s remark “Listening to the young folks, nothing's good enough for them” (Jackson 31). In finishing, I think this short stories bring valuable points of society that still