The Syrian Refugee Crisis In The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

Stoning is a big symbolism in the short story that takes place at the end to sacrifice the not so lucky winner to death. The fact that they used stoning to death is because they have a guilt free conscience when doing this. Since no one was to blame because everyone took part of killing that winner. Gahr notes “One of the reasons that stoning was used in the past as well as the reason that it is important in the story is that there is no single executioner.” Since it is

In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, the small village, at first, seems to be lovely, full of tradition, with the townspeople fulfilling their civic duties, but instead this story is bursting with contrast. The expectations that the reader has are increasingly altered. The title of this short story raises hope, for in our society the term “lottery” typically is associated with winning money or other perceived “good” things. Most people associate winning a lottery with luck, yet Jackson twists this notion around and the luck in this village is with each of the losers.

Would you believe that there was once a village where everyone would partake in a terrible event, but think it was innocent because of how they blindly followed a tradition? The short story, “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson communicates this theme by showing how the villagers participate in a lottery every year. In life, there are people who follow tradition because the have to, or they are used to following without question. The author, Shirley Jackson was born on December 14, 1916 in San Francisco, California. In 1937, Shirley Jackson attended Syracuse University where she began to write short stories. She was famous for the short story, “The Lottery,” and her best seller novel, “The Haunting of Hill House”. Shirley Jackson was

On September of 2015, the image of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi went viral. “The toddler’s lifeless body on a Turkish beach had reverberated across the globe” (Parkinson & George-Cosh, 2015). Aylan’s family had “fled the brutal civil war in their native Syria and only attempted the boat crossing after Canada denied their application of admission as refugees. The image led to an astonishing outpouring of support for Syrian refugees” (Hein & Niazi, 2016).

Shirley Jackson takes great care in creating a setting for the story, The Lottery. She gives the reader a sense of comfort and stability from the very beginning. It begins, "clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green." The setting throughout The Lottery creates a sense of peacefulness and tranquility, while portraying a typical town on a normal summer day.

Winning isn’t always what it seems. Hearing the word “lottery” usually develops a positive connotation in the mind of the reader, associating it with pleasure, good fortune and happiness; however, in “The Lottery,” the winner is rewarded by being brutally stoned by her neighbors and believed friends. “The Lottery,” written by Shirley Jackson in 1948, highlights how complacently our society reacts to the pointless brutality and inhumanity towards others. To demonstrate this, Jackson examines social constructs, women’s place and how instead focusing too strongly on strict traditions, we need to reexamine these rituals to determine their necessity and if they are still beneficial to society. Jackson uses seemingly ordinary details about

1. What are the first signs that something sinister lurks beneath the surface of this story? How does the end alter our perception of the events of the day?

Everyday, people all over the world are removed from their homes and forced to leave. You could be pushed out of your house from a foreclosure, or pushed out of your country from an extremist. In society today, thousands upon thousands of people are fleeing to a new country they can call “home” and where they can feel safe. Among these people, a big majority are the Syrian people. The Syrian Refugee Crisis has been relevant for about four years since the start of the Syrian civil war that began in March 2011, and is comparable to the Native Americans being pushed from their home lands. The Syrian Refugee Crisis equates to the Trail of Tears because both Syrians and refugees alike were pushed out of their homes, they were both forced to find

There are times when someone does something important to help the person that is suffering. One example is from the book Night; this is when Elie’s dad was about to be thrown out of the train when Elie said “Father! Father! Wake up. They’re going to throw you outside . . . “(Wiesel 99). The example explains that Elie stood up and quickly woke up his dad before his was about to be thrown out of the window. Even though Elie slapped his dad but if he didn’t then his dad would be thrown out of the window. Another example is from the Darfur Genocide, since the Janjaweed are going into the villages and destroying everything and so the UN is helping the people. One website called “The UN security Council’s response to Darfur: a humanitarian Perspective”

The Lottery is a story written by Shirley Jackson. This story is about an event that happens every year which Mr.Summers conducts. Each man of the house must draw from a black box that holds paper and the person that draws a black circle means that one person in their family will get the prize. Every person in that family draws and the one that gets the black circle will receive the lottery of getting pelted with stones to death. The people in this town believe that this lottery is good for them and it helps out their farming life.

In both stories, the innocent characters were fighting death at the hands of someone who found the idea of killing another human being to be a game. In “The Lottery” the game of death consumed an innocent life solely because a few individuals founded a tradition; and in “The Most Dangerous Game” the game of death consumed an innocent life solely because one person thought it was merely entertaining. Both authors portrayed the antagonist as friendly, warm and welcoming. In the Lottery, the antagonists were the families whom participated in the drawing of a name that lead to the stoning of another family member (which may or may not be their own family member). In “The Most Dangerous Game” the antagonist was a well-off general who opened his luxurious home to guests who have gone astray from their original destination. Death is the main theme of both short stories and both authors portrayed this dark and dreary idea as a game the characters are playing.

In today’s society we perceive the lottery as being a great fortune brought down upon you by Lady Luck. It is a serendipitous event, even if the person has done nothing to earn it. One would never see the lottery as an unfortunate occasion that occurred in your life because it is supposed to bring prosperity into your life. Also, one would not dare to think that winning the lottery would bring such repercussions as injury or death. In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, the author could have used Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson as the town’s scapegoat due to their reluctance to change traditions, her horrible work ethic, and minority status as a woman.

Mr. Summers conducts the lottery because he had the energy and time to hold civic events.

Summary: The refugees of Syria have gone through unimaginable hardships. The Olywi sisters had their hopes of achieving their dreams in their hometown of Raqqa. However, their dreams were shattered when the Islamic State overran the city, forcing the Olywi sisters and their father to pay smugglers a large sum of money to be smuggled to Greece. Manal, Wisam, and Mwafak, siblings from the neighborhood of Yarmouk, were separated from each other for years. They were finally reunited in Germany, but the reunion was short lived when Manal died of cancer. Though they did find Germany a safe haven, Wisam remarks that it is hard to adjust to such an unfamiliar place with such a different culture. In Sweden, many feel that these refugees are taking over their Swedish culture. There is even evidence of Islamophobia within the immigrant communities in Sweden. However, it is not as bad as Russia. Yasser, a tailor, claims that his boss stopped to pay him and that if he does not like the current situation that he is in, he can just go back to Syria. Police there even bride the refugees for money.

Despite the efforts of parents to keep traditions alive, children are changing, fighting over food, clothing and anything of any value. Many children feel like they are prisoners in their host countries. Many are not allowed to leave their homes due to safety concerns and chores that need to be completed. Twenty-nine percent of Syrian refugees leave their home less than once a week.