Argumentative Essay On The Lottery

Religions and beliefs can also be harmful to people when they are not questioned, especially those who have been lingering around for centuries. As mentioned before, one of the reasons religions exist is to try to make sense of the world. In “The lottery” a ritual is supposed to bring a great harvest to the people of the village so that food overflows, as Old Man Warner tells “Used to be a saying about 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon. '” (286). The village, however, instead of putting some effort to research more efficient ways to cultivate crops, chooses to conform to the false sense of security that this ritual gives. Thus, the ritual did not only took the life of one person, but it also compromised the development of the community

Jackson writes “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones” (283) Children of course, do not have the capacity to differentiate between was is good and bad, and as a matter of fact a person does not complete the development of his brain until he is around twenty years old, specifically the frontal lobe which is directly involved in decision making and purposely behaviors does not maturates until the mid-twenties. Thus young people must follow the example of their parents or some other substitute of them. With this in mind, the ritual in “The lottery” has a hidden purpose; Yarmove reports “the oldest man in town, Old Man Warner (the others have either died or been killed of warns us about the primordial function of the lottery, which is to ensure fertility” There is also the possibility that the ritual

For this reason, it is difficult to find a common denominator among such a broad variety of cultures. The lack of understanding and tolerance creates a lot of problems in the world and undermines the tremendous potential that mankind has. For that reason, now more than ever is important to work together as a species and be tolerant and understanding of others’ cultures. Moreover, Doctorow quotes Thomas Jefferson, who in the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom wrote “Our civil rights have no dependence in our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics or geometry” (387). This is to say, any person can be a believer of any religion, he wishes and this should not affect his right to education, to live, to vote. But likewise, his beliefs should not affect the rights of others or harm them in any way. Parting from that point, we must be tolerant to other people’s points of view. Often, beliefs are learned with people past experiences and as long as they are harmless, their beliefs should not be a problem, but on the contrary, they may be very useful. For instance, people like nuns and monks are valuable members of society who can cohabit in peace, they devote their lives to their beliefs and to provide nurture and help others, so trying to change their way of living would be foolish. Accepting others for