Short Story and Selfishness William Jung

Who can promise that they have never been selfish passim their life? Who can say fall out(p) loud that they never did something that had a bad influence on others, only because of personal benefit? The answer is in the short story The Lottery, which was written by Shirley Jackson in 1948.The story takes place in a small town where everyone has to join the draught, and the master will be sacrificed for heavy crops for the town. During the draft, everyone including Tessie Hutchinson, who wins the lottery, expresses their selfishness both consciously and unconsciously.Shirley Jackson is making a point intimately selfishness. To be specific, she notes that selfishness is born within mankind and lives doubtful inside, pot their mask of duplicity. In the story, Tessie Hutchinson symbolizes selfishness, she is a happy kind married woman before the lottery, but by the time she finds out that she actually wins the lottery, which gist she has to sacrifices for the town, its when her selfishness starts to appears.When Hutchinson family is choose to have the second draw, Tessie strongly argues that You didnt give him time enough to take any paper he wanted, I saw you, it wasnt fair (P. 6) even though she likewise pinches his husband Bill to draw the paper.She only worries about her family were chosen. Moreover, she only c atomic number 18s about herself, during the second draw, she strongly agrees about her daughters to join the lottery, which will make more chances for her to survive. Her selfishness is unavoidable even though she is a mother of a family, because selfishness is deep inside her.Beside Tessie Hutchinson who is an adult, some innocent, pure lesser children also contain absolute selfishness, just like Tessies children Bill, Jr. and Nancy. They join the second lottery with Hutchinson family although they are too young, but when they find out that they are not the one who wins the lottery, they both beamed and Laughed, turning around to the crowd and holding their slips of paper above their heads. (P. 8) They delight about they didnt get selected to sacrifice. They are happy because the one who will die are not them, but their mother.Children are not able to endure their impressions, which make them express their true up emotions, in this case selfishness throughout their innocent faces unconsciously, because they are simply happy, they didnt learn anything from others, it was just their instinct reactions that appear because of the selfishness, which born within themselves.Everyone in the village also has the exact same feelings as Bill, Jr. and Nancy, but they dont express their feeling by reactions to others because they have more mature masks which are their faces of scruples.Before the lottery starts, everyone acts like they are nice innocent person. They talk to each other like friends, just like they really care about each other. However, when Tessie says the lottery is unfair, and should do the lottery again, the selfishness within pack is no more covering by the masks of kindness.As they face another bad chance to die, their emotions come out right away consciously, they say be a good sport, Tessie. or All of us took the same chance. (P.6) to get away from the danger. Including Bill Hutchinson who is Tessies husband, he went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand. (P. 8) to make sure she is the one who will die, and shows the slip of paper with black dot to everyone. The masks of conscience , kindness or even love will lose their power in front of the selfishness when people are in an extreme situation. The masks cannot cover the true natural sense of mankind. Selfishness is something that no one can reject it.Its something that everyone owns, but owns without any authority to control it. Its something that is impossible to hide behind the masks of duplicity forever. Its the basic and strongest devil that born within everyone.But it is possible to change the way o f being selfish, by respecting others selfishness, by knowing that other people only care about themselves just like usual, and by finally realize that the easiest way to protect or gain benefit to yourself is by helping others, because devotion will always come back like a boomerang.