Blind Obedience in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

The author of the book "The Lottery" wrote the story "showing meaningless violence and universal inhumane behavior in my life" to shock the reader of the story (Jackson 211). This story reflects human behavior in society to show how rules, laws or traditions are pointless but people follow them. Through the story, the three main signs that people follow blindly ignorant tradition are the hesitation of the lottery itself, the black people and the prizes of people.

Blind obedience of lottery In Shirley Jackson's "lottery", villagers' annual ritual stone sculptures are similar to American culture traditions. This article tells the reader about the traditional influence on the letters in the short story "lottery" and how the tradition still influences the lives of people in the United States. Christian weddings have many traditions and superstitions that seem to infringe logic. Most couples no longer arrange for marriage or dowry, but my father will still take my daughter away during the service. The bride and groom had not seen each other before the ceremony, so he was afraid that bad luck might happen. friend

The blind obedience of 'Lottery' and 'Lottery' written and published by Shirley Jackson in 1948 was held on June 27 in 300 towns. The villagers gathered around 10 o'clock in order to participate in the main ritual called "draw" held at the central square. "Lottery is done in the same way as square dance" (Jackson 31) explains the events scheduled in a timely manner. This is an ordinary day, "Fresh warmth of the whole summer" (Jackson 1). Male ... obedience to authority is everywhere. Authority will always be obedient, regardless of whether students are obeying the teacher, citizens are obedient to the law, or children follow the parents. Various levels of compliance include a group of people following a leader such as a sports team, and extreme religious beliefs. It is from Latin Obaudrie who obeys the word and means to listen often.

Risk of blind obedience exposed in lottery Most of us keep it every day. People followed the company's dress code, state and federal law, and assumed the courtesy rule. Violators often get disapproved and even be condemned. However, in some cases, you also think disobedience may be a better option. In her speech "Group Thinking", Doris Lessing discusses the dangers of these obedience that are reflected in Shirley Jackson's short story "Lottery". In the "lottery", the villagers said Lessing's view that "maintaining disparity in opinions as individuals is the most difficult thing in the world."