Dr. V. Sudhakar Naidu's The Lottery
In America, the lottery is something that gives people hope, pays for tuition for students through scholarships, and eventually rewards people for spending money by winning money. Shirley Jackson has a different aspect on the lottery in her short story, “The Lottery,” which shows humanity’s blind acceptance and approval of this seemingly outdated and barbaric tradition. Traditions are a staple to the life for every human, family, city, and country. These traditions that exist in our everyday life act as a foundation for others to build upon that help the development of humans and societies. In “The Lottery,” there are themes such as tradition, violence, and gender roles, and Shirley Jackson focuses on an outdated tradition that seems to serve
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The villagers act as if nothing will change in their every day life on the morning of June 27th even though this day has a horrible outcome; certain people find that this tradition has a greater outcome. That greater outcome comes best as an explanation from Old Man Warner who states “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon” (Jackson 1241). This civilization or society has accepted that the sacrifice of one human life is for the greater good that of crop growth. Dr. V. Sudhakar Naidu in his analysis says “’The Lottery’ presents a weakness in human individuals” (3.1). In this case their weakness is the fear of starvation and certain death from hunger; ultimately this inspires the townspeople to be involved in this horrible tradition. But why do these people continue such a gaudy tradition? “They believe that the lottery would allow ritual murder to become the part of their fabric. The blind acceptance of the lottery and the ritual murder has allowed them to be part of the region. Also they feel that they are powerless to change the old traditions” (Naidu. 3.2). People and civilizations progress with time, and traditions fade because they are simply outdated and realistically impossible. But with elders continuously pushing and brainwashing the youth, some traditions live on, and with that comes the continuous growth of violence in their
The villagers act as if nothing will change in their every day life on the morning of June 27th even though this day has a horrible outcome; certain people find that this tradition has a greater outcome. That greater outcome comes best as an explanation from Old Man Warner who states “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon” (Jackson 1241). This civilization or society has accepted that the sacrifice of one human life is for the greater good that of crop growth. Dr. V. Sudhakar Naidu in his analysis says “’The Lottery’ presents a weakness in human individuals” (3.1). In this case their weakness is the fear of starvation and certain death from hunger; ultimately this inspires the townspeople to be involved in this horrible tradition. But why do these people continue such a gaudy tradition? “They believe that the lottery would allow ritual murder to become the part of their fabric. The blind acceptance of the lottery and the ritual murder has allowed them to be part of the region. Also they feel that they are powerless to change the old traditions” (Naidu. 3.2). People and civilizations progress with time, and traditions fade because they are simply outdated and realistically impossible. But with elders continuously pushing and brainwashing the youth, some traditions live on, and with that comes the continuous growth of violence in their