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 lottery which a person is chosen at random and is stoned to death. I understand that you believe that since it has been tradition for so long and therefore, it is okay. It has been going on for as long as I can remember. This method has been around since the time when Jesus walked the earth. We see it in all kinds of stories in the Bible. We definitely have to pick somebody in the village for the lottery. We have to have s person that we know or the 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 is very rare that all the members of my family are together for any reason of the lottery. It is amazing the way that all the families come together in anticipation. In this right, it also gives our village a sense of community and brings us closer together. Everybody knows everybody and the lottery draws us yet closer toge
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Village Council, birth control, population control, Sincerely Hutchinson, stoning people death, losing family, lottery crops, people death, lottery person, stoning people,
Approximate Word count = 998
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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