Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
LaCresia Reese
English 1020
Prof Sparks
Traditions of scapegoating found in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” and “The Lottery”
The various cultures that exist in the United States all have different ways to scapegoat a variety of people and cultures in society today; as depeicted in the fiction stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin. In “The Lottery,” is a story about a community that has passed down a tradition of death by stoning for many years, this person would become the scapegoat of …show more content…
We can see that scapegoats are recognized in both objects and actions as we find in both stories “The Lottery” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”. In “The Lottery” the pulling of a name from a black a black wooden box and then there was the death of one person at the end by being hit with stones. The character (Tessie Hutchinson) was one who was always ready to be the one to throw the stones, but when it came time for her to be the on being hit by the stones she felt that it was not fair and or right. “It isn’t fair’ she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head” (Jackson 218). You have (Tessie Hutchinson) who was very excited every year to be a part of the traditional lottery process and when it came time for her to be stoned she was the scapegoat in the traditional process. Then we move on to “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” where there are several characters: one (the child) who was forced to be the scapegoat, and al the ones who walked away from the community (many people). They all chose to be free from the scapegoat act of holding this child to support the community which was free of all major problems that many communities face
English 1020
Prof Sparks
Traditions of scapegoating found in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” and “The Lottery”
The various cultures that exist in the United States all have different ways to scapegoat a variety of people and cultures in society today; as depeicted in the fiction stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin. In “The Lottery,” is a story about a community that has passed down a tradition of death by stoning for many years, this person would become the scapegoat of …show more content…
We can see that scapegoats are recognized in both objects and actions as we find in both stories “The Lottery” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”. In “The Lottery” the pulling of a name from a black a black wooden box and then there was the death of one person at the end by being hit with stones. The character (Tessie Hutchinson) was one who was always ready to be the one to throw the stones, but when it came time for her to be the on being hit by the stones she felt that it was not fair and or right. “It isn’t fair’ she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head” (Jackson 218). You have (Tessie Hutchinson) who was very excited every year to be a part of the traditional lottery process and when it came time for her to be stoned she was the scapegoat in the traditional process. Then we move on to “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” where there are several characters: one (the child) who was forced to be the scapegoat, and al the ones who walked away from the community (many people). They all chose to be free from the scapegoat act of holding this child to support the community which was free of all major problems that many communities face