Rogerian Argument for The Lottery
Letter from Mrs. Hutchinson to The Council of the Village: I am writing to you about the lottery which we hold every year. In this lotterywhich a person is chosen at random and is stoned to death. I understand that you believethat since it has been tradition for so long and therefore, it is okay. It has been going onfor as long as I can remember. This method has been around since the time when Jesuswalked the earth. We see it in all kinds of stories in the Bible. We definitely have topick somebody in the village for the lottery. We have to have s person that we know orthe crops might go bad. The idea of a lottery makes it fair for all those who participate. This way there is no one person that is singled out of the group. It also brings a sense of"family values", at least in my family. With all everyone in my family being so busy it isvery rare that all the members of my family are together for any reason of the lottery. Itis amazing the way that all the families come together in anticipation. In this right, italso gives our village a sense of community and brings us closer together. Everybodyknows everybody and the lottery draws us yet closer toge
Killing people this way also breeds violence in ourcommunity. Imagine having to deal with murderers in ourcommunity. I believe that compromise is vital to the health of the community. This helps the village from running out of food, and Ido not want to see my family starving to death. This is so scary to think of innocentchildren being so cruel. We can start a family planning clinic toencourage birth control, which would limit the population without death. The crops in the othertowns have been larger than ours since they have stopped their lotteries. We could even come up with a brand new tradition. If the did not pick somethingcould go wrong with the crops. The lottery is out of date and notmeant for today's society. Leadership isa quality the men in out village have. By killing mothers and fathers of children, or even worsetaking children from their parents in such a horrible way, hurts those that are affected.
Common topics in this essay:
Village Council,
birth control,
population control,
Sincerely Hutchinson,
stoning people death,
losing family,
lottery crops,
people death,
lottery person,
stoning people,
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