Guilty In Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'

FLA2 Writing Final Everyone should be held accountable for their actions, even children. Using only a couple stories such as “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, “killers of the dream” by Lillian Smith, and a story about a young girl who pursues her right to an education. These stories will show you that everyone should be accountable for their actions. Bystanders should be considered guilty because they have a chance to speak up or do something about it. First story is “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and in this story every year someone is picked for the lottery But except for winning a lot of money the winner is gets to be stoned to death for the belief that crops will continue to grow. And in the story The Lottery the winner of this years lottery is
When Mrs.hutchinson gets picked to be stoned Straight away she speaks out of how unfair this is “it isn't fair, it isn't right” Mrs.hutchinson did not have an opinion on this matter until it came upon her and all the sudden she has a voice against it. This shows that being a bystander and not speaking up against it or standing up for yourself will cause greater harm upon you if you chose not to speak up for yourself. Next text is a story about a girl who lived in pakistan until the taliban prevented her to attend school just because her gender. This girls name is malala and she pursues gender equality and her right to an education instead of getting pushed over by the people preventing her from attending school. When malala was eleven she wrote a speech called “How dare the taliban take away my basic right to an education” and she went around the world publicly speaking out against gender inequality. Malala was shot by the taliban to be silenced but instead of staying down she got back up and continue to fight. Malala is a good example of how people should stand up for others and be held accountable for her actions