12/6/2017 0 Comments Student Choice: The LotteryIn this blog post, I will be discussing my thoughts and feelings about a short story we read in my English Composition 100 class called “The Lottery.” This short story overwhelmed me with thoughts and feelings that I will be sharing with you, and you may even agree with my thoughts and feelings too.
In the short story “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson, a village meets up once a year and conducts an annual lottery. All the men who live in the village choose a piece of paper from a hat. The man who draws the paper with the dot on it has to draw once again, this time with only his family. After his family all draws a piece of paper, the family member who picks the paper with the dot on it gets stoned to death by everyone in the village. For more information about this short story, you can visit this blog post. After reading this story, I was confused and horrified. I was confused because when I thought of a “lottery,” I imagined something good happening to people. For example, if someone tells you they won the lottery, they most likely just won a whole lot of money, which is definitely a good thing! I did not imagine a village drawing paper to determine someone’s death. I was horrified because I could not imagine real people stoning one of their acquaintances to death from picking a piece of paper. Doing that act is simply inhumane and cruel. I remember thinking “What kind of monster would come up with such a lottery?” After thinking about this “lottery,” I realized these horrible events happen right here in America. There are bombings, shootings, murders, and more horrid events that happen in this country. Although these awful events are not annually planned, they are planned by one person or by multiple people. Thinking about how people in this world would do this to another human being makes me scared to leave my house sometimes. A victim from these events could have never known they would be a victim from these horrible events. So you never know when something bad like bombings or shootings could happen to you. I’ll admit I am very afraid of death. I ask myself what is going to happen to me when I die, where would I go, and am I just gone forever? Though this is somewhat of a hard topic to talk about for me, talking about shootings and killings makes me accept death more. If I avoid this subject, I am never going to accept it which is not good for my mental health, physical health, and my overall health. Accepting that death will come for me some day will ensure that I will live a better and fulfilling life. I want to make the most out of my life before I die, and I think a lot of people do as well. Reading this article may have made me feel horrified, but it also got me to start thinking about death. Thinking about something that makes me uncomfortable makes me grow in the sense that I have to accept this will happen to me. I hope that one day, after talking and experiencing situations regarding death, I will fully accept death and let go of not knowing the unknown.
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