Question 5. Relevance to today
What can we learn from this story?(How is it relevant to our society today? Do we have our own form of 'lottery' as in the story?)
Things that we can learn from the story is to voice out our opinions and not comply. We should also not be cruel and do things that are immoral, like the lottery in the story.
If we feel that what we are doing is immoral, then we should stop doing it. This is demonstrated when Mrs. Hutchinson complained about the lottery only when she was going to get killed. If she feels that it is immoral right from the start, she should have just voiced it out and not keep it in her until the moment when she is the one going to get killed. Of course, she should have voiced it out earlier, otherwise the villagers will think that she is complaining just because she was the one who was going to get killed. In this case, the villagers will definitely not listen to her. She had been complying to the tradition and not caring about the others. If she had voiced out her opinion much earlier and not just comply, lives might not have been lost and she would not have to come to this state when her life will be taken. Therefore, we should voice out our opinions and not just comply to the tradition.
We should definitely not be cruel like the villagers who just threw the stones at Mrs. Hutchinson without expressing much emotions. We should not do what is immoral like stoning the "winner" of the lottery in the first place. These two actions are not right at all and hence, we should not be cruel and do what is immoral.
Of course, we have our own form of lottery. However, our own form of lottery is definitely not cruel. Some examples of our lottery are 4D and toto. But in our lottery, we do not have to claim anybody's lives at all, unlike the lottery in the story. Furthermore, the winner of our lottery gets to win a prize, money! However, the "winner" in "The Lottery" gets stoned to death. In our own form of lottery, the people taking part hope to be the winner, but in "The Lottery", the people taking part hope to be the loser.
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Dexter, i don't think that Mrs Hutchinson was given a choice. It is all part of the tradition and also, i think shewas a little pressurised by that Mr Warner who is a firm believer of this tradition.
ReplyDeleteShe could have said it much earlier before she was the one selected. People will think that she was just finding excuses when she was the one who was going to be stoned to death. If she said it earlier that this lottery was not a good idea, she might not have been the one who was going to be stoned to death as people might have realised how wrong the idea was. By the way, who are you?
ReplyDeleteDexter I think that your last part of the post you talked about today lottery which is 4D and toto is not relevant to the question. The question state that how is it relevant to our society today. The story's lottery is different from today's lottery which you mentioned also. Therefore, I feel that you should not mention the last part.
ReplyDeleteThe question asked do we have our own form of lottery and of course, we have. Therefore, I added in the last part.
ReplyDeleteSorry I missed that part.
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