The Lottery Comparison

As the decades have gone by, the equality among different people has become more and more prevalent. In the early 1900’s, for example, the racial discrimination between blacks and whites was at its peak, as was between different religions, ethnicities and life choices. With new enactments to provide people with better lives, the different groups combined to create the society that we currently know. The different texts discussed show that, “We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different than ourselves,” Three texts that explain the quotation are, “The Lottery,” “My So-Called Enemy,” and, “American Flag Stands for Tolerance,”, but in extremely different ways. When the majority of people think about a lottery, they assume that it is a game of chance, where the winner will receive a grand prize that others would be dreaming of. This, however, was not the case in Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery”. In this short story, the villagers have a lottery, where the

The main purpose is because of religious ties, as both Judaism and Islam are centered in Jerusalem, which is the birth place of both of these religions. Neither side wishes to give in, which has resulted in a lot of tension between the two sides. The documentary, “My So-Called Enemy,” aims to show that these two sides can have peace, as they take a few girls from both sides of the conflict and shows that even enemies can make friends. At first, their differences make them despise each other, as one girl states, “I don’t want to build a bridge, (Enemy)” As human beings, however, they soon settle aside their differences, and consider themselves, “Sisters.” (Enemy). The documentary as a whole shows that even if religious preferences are different than other people, humans are still able to get along and accept what those people believe. The freedom of speech and choices are seen in the US as