Stories and Society

"Lottery" has many symbols. This story is more allegorical than traditional stories in many ways. Because society is involved in that tradition, you can not even know the reasons for these traditions, and obey them. Even if they hurt the citizens, they are blind. Because this is the danger all societies face, "symbols in the story" has not been completely explained, so "lottery" is still partially related.

This section describes similarities between the two social structures in the story. First of all, both societies have cruel policies. In the story of a lottery, the person who picked up the lottery is to be thrown with a stone until it dies. In Harrison Bergeron 's story, outstanding people should have obstacles according to their own abilities. While these policies seem to be very ethical, the people of both societies never cast doubts on them and obey them. People show blind obedience typical of readers. Second, neither society has a special purpose of cruel practice. As mentioned in the last lot of lottery talks, villagers made lottery to ensure bumper harvest, as said, "There are many lottery tickets in June last year and corn will soon become very heavy." (Lotte, Para 33) And the story of Harison Bergeron's writer states that "they are equivalent in all respects."

Utopia is a society characterized by the illusion of maintaining a complete society through repressive social control using the exaggerated worst case. The short stories "Harrison Bergeron" and "Lottery" are examples of literature spread to utopian society. Harrison Bergeron, written in 1961 by Kurt Vonnegut. This story is illuminating the distant peer society that leads its personality and is expected to coincide with the authorities. Lottery is a short story

Harrison Bergeron of Kurt Vonnegut says "This story is a satire, it is an imitation of an ideological society unrelated to the reality of common sense" (Townsend). As Townsend said, Kurt Vonnegut accused society at his imaginary short story "Harrison Bergeron" who was trying to adopt social barriers and similarities and techniques and social authoritarian governments To do. Proportional, and people will eventually win. Government authorities ... Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. "Harrison Bergeron" tells the story of an incredibly talented young man who ignores the futuristic United States' full equality limit of 2081. In this state, everyone's beauty, physique, and wisdom will be equal, as all citizens of amendments 211, 212 and 213 will be affected by communist countries.