Violence In Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

The concept of Violence holds many meanings , but it won't be taken serious in till the subject of violence is death. The Lottery a short story by Shirley Jackson explains the process a small village goes through for a annual killing. Shirley Jackson author of the story embraces the violence a village commits to in order to keep social stability. The violence previewed in the lottery is in many ways similar to the violence that occurs today . For example The Taliban an Islamic militant group which operates in Afghanistan and west of Pakistan made a government which stands for , the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Was formed in 1994 during the Soviet war in Afghanistan in order to help Afghan resistance against Soviet Union occupation towards

Examples is the annual murders the village performs , which in many ways is similar to the many innocent people the Taliban kills. The village agrees on murdering Mrs.Hutchinson when she's chosen. her murder symbolizes violence and abuse of human rights . The cause of death is later stated , "Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box ,they still remembered to use the stones " (333). This statement significants the killing the lottery consist of , is performed by being stoned to death. Using stones to kill some one by far is abusing human rights because no one deserves to die that way . No one deserves to feel the pain of each rock hitting your flesh till die.Later in the book it states "she held her hands desperately as the villagers moved on to her " (334) this statement hints out she didn't want to die . The person killed by the village was a innocent mother who didn't do any harm but choose a unlucky paper that was her ticket to death. Before her death Mrs.Hutchinson states . "It isn't fair, it isn't right ,mrs.hutchinson screamed , and then they were upon her " (334)That description describes the pain and fear mrs.hutchinson felt before dying . The part where it saids "then they were upon her " relates to how the villagers must of attacked her with stones which alone is classified as a abuse to human rights. Compared to violence the village embraces with murder. the Taliban follows by imposing strict Islamic laws on it's people, for example . Women must wear coverings that cover their whole body. They are not allowed to attend school or work and are forbidden to travel alone. Along with strict laws on woman the Taliban also forms part of human trafficking. Taliban officers ran a network of human trafficking which consisted of abducting women and selling them into sex slavery.The Taliban also adds another check to