The Omelas And The Lottery
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There are two entities in this world, the community and the individual. Both “The
Lottery” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from the Omelas” deal with the issues of individuals
giving up their own distinct values and conforming to their group’s identity. Likewise they both
raise the issue of when people, who are in these cult-like setting, who don’t speak up against the
injustices they witness and simply allow the same actions to occur for an outrageous number of
years. The people who participate in the events in both stories are like cows being led to the
slaughter. Most in these stories do not even seem to notice the immoral actions going on around
them. Both stories revolve around an old tradition that dictates that someone is hurt