Obedience vs.Disobedience

To obey someone is natural and a common occurrence. Disobeying someone on the other hand is thought to be wrong and immoral even if it brings more happiness and pleasure to all. In the story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, she describes a small village gathering in the square to take place in a lottery. This is great you say. A lottery, what could be better than winning money? Unfortunately this is a lottery for …

…is saying is that you give up your rights as an individual. The villagers gave up their autonomy to a stronger authority. This authority has such power over the people that no one is willing to do anything but follow the crowd. In the end, I think that the characters conformed to the situation that they were in simply to not be the rebellious person who made trouble and angered the rest of the villagers.