The Change in the Future?
The significance of Old Man Warner bringing up the "young folks" is saying the future will be decided by the next generation (young folks). Old Man Warner knows it is the younger ones that will choose whether to keep old traditions, or get rid of the old ones and bring up new ones. Adults have different views of what is best for our society, so in Old Man Warner's eyes it is not a good idea to think of giving up the tradition of "The Lottery." He has been around for a longer time than all the others, so he has a better view of what the tradition is all about, so he tries to warn others of what will happen if the lottery is diminished. However, because its the younger generation that will shape the future they will act upon their own views and make the future the way they want. The views of the young can still be influenced by the adults, since we soak up any information given towards us. But the young are able to see the mistakes in which the adults are blind to see, because it is their own views so they will think their way of looking at things is correct and defend it. That is one of the better qualities the younger ones have that adults are usually clueless to notice. We as the next generation have a duty to help our world to advance rather than ignoring the faults and not fixing them. The young have a lot to learn from the adults but they have a lot to learn from us as well. The concerns of Warner are important as well and should not be ignored. Adolescents have a tendency to be easily persuaded and influenced to do certain actions and can be brainwashed into thinking a certain way. For example, teens today are smoking, drinking and doing drugs more often, mostly due to peer pressure from peers and the desire to fit in. However, sometimes adults have to trust us that we will help push the society forward and even though we make mistakes we will fix them in time. Just like in the northern village, that Mr.Adams said the young are talking about giving up the lottery, the one individual who thought of that is one of the many that will help our society grow. That one person was able to see the fault of the older generation, and found the tradition to be unreasonable and useless, since it only creates death. But even though we should think for ourselves, we still need the older generation to guide us along the way to adulthood and teach us what is right from wrong. Until we are shown we can be trusted, restrictions are put up around us to prevent us from doing actions that will hurt us, because not all of us are the best people to trust, at least not yet. That is why Old Man Warner does not trust the young. Until then, we must lean on each other and listen to what everyone has to say and decide together what the future should be. The young advance the society and the old prevents it from getting worse, we still have a lot to learn from each other, both adults and kids and must keep on moving forward.
The significance of Old Man Warner bringing up the "young folks" is saying the future will be decided by the next generation (young folks). Old Man Warner knows it is the younger ones that will choose whether to keep old traditions, or get rid of the old ones and bring up new ones. Adults have different views of what is best for our society, so in Old Man Warner's eyes it is not a good idea to think of giving up the tradition of "The Lottery." He has been around for a longer time than all the others, so he has a better view of what the tradition is all about, so he tries to warn others of what will happen if the lottery is diminished. However, because its the younger generation that will shape the future they will act upon their own views and make the future the way they want. The views of the young can still be influenced by the adults, since we soak up any information given towards us. But the young are able to see the mistakes in which the adults are blind to see, because it is their own views so they will think their way of looking at things is correct and defend it. That is one of the better qualities the younger ones have that adults are usually clueless to notice. We as the next generation have a duty to help our world to advance rather than ignoring the faults and not fixing them. The young have a lot to learn from the adults but they have a lot to learn from us as well. The concerns of Warner are important as well and should not be ignored. Adolescents have a tendency to be easily persuaded and influenced to do certain actions and can be brainwashed into thinking a certain way. For example, teens today are smoking, drinking and doing drugs more often, mostly due to peer pressure from peers and the desire to fit in. However, sometimes adults have to trust us that we will help push the society forward and even though we make mistakes we will fix them in time. Just like in the northern village, that Mr.Adams said the young are talking about giving up the lottery, the one individual who thought of that is one of the many that will help our society grow. That one person was able to see the fault of the older generation, and found the tradition to be unreasonable and useless, since it only creates death. But even though we should think for ourselves, we still need the older generation to guide us along the way to adulthood and teach us what is right from wrong. Until we are shown we can be trusted, restrictions are put up around us to prevent us from doing actions that will hurt us, because not all of us are the best people to trust, at least not yet. That is why Old Man Warner does not trust the young. Until then, we must lean on each other and listen to what everyone has to say and decide together what the future should be. The young advance the society and the old prevents it from getting worse, we still have a lot to learn from each other, both adults and kids and must keep on moving forward.
Very nicely put, and absolutely wonderful all-round. I've been hoping that someone would point out the value of the older generation and the younger together, but no one has and I couldn't find the right words to speak about it. I like the proposal of listening to what everyone has to say and deciding together what the future should be. That may be the only honest way for us to find our way out of the grave that we've dug for ourselves.
ReplyDeletety for such a nice comment helen LOL
ReplyDeleteI am unsure how to comment on this. This person's is just too neutral...But nevertheless,
ReplyDelete"For example, teens today are smoking, drinking and doing drugs more often..." Who do you think started the whole drugs thing? The teenagers or the adults? If it is the adults, who are the teenagers learning from?
uhh never really thought of that, i guess from adults or sometimes they do it becuz of stress and stuff but yea the adults started it and u know since one person did it another will to its like a chain reaction :)
ReplyDeleteSince you admit that the teenagers are learning from the adults then...what is this?
ReplyDelete"...mostly due to peer pressure from peers and the desire to fit in..."
And here is my favourite line:
ReplyDelete"Until we are shown we can be trusted, restrictions are put up around us to prevent us from doing actions..."
Question: Since teenagers can not vote, smoke, drink, watch r rated movies, etc...how are they going to show that they have control over it? How are they going to show that they can vote for prime ministers for the right reasons? How are they going to show that they will not abuse their priviledges if they don't even have them in the first place?
In other words, if we are to follow your philosophy, teenagers will never be able to vote.
It is like how people want to abolish slavery in the 1800s. "We must make sure that the slaves have learned how to be good slaves before we can grant them freedom."
I think you misunderstood Clement's purpose. And why are we all being so negative, I think this post has a great point to it.
ReplyDelete" but yea the adults started it and u know since one person did it another will to its like a chain reaction :)"
ReplyDeleteUnless misunderstood his answer too...
This post is excellent. It covers up both sides of the arguement and the flaws from the two different perspectives. Other than that, it neatly described the need for change in our social structure and at the same time it also summarized our need to preserve our cultural roots. In general, this post is rather persuasive given that it does not show favor in either of the extremes.
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