"The Lottery" and "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"

 

"The Lottery" and "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"

 

The Lottery

 Articles on tradition:

This article discusses how different cultures address death:
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/19/local/la-me-0819-lopez-dyingwell-20120819

This link discusses American Culture:
http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/american_culture.htm

Here is a link to what The Bible has to say about culture:
http://www.openbible.info/topics/traditions

This is an interesting look at how different cultures have different traditions when it comes to childcare:
http://alphamom.com/parenting/interesting-parenting-traditions-from-different-cultures/




Somebody made a short movie based on the story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV03h3XWTDU

Criticism:
http://home.netwood.net/kosenko/jackson.html

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Jackson.htm

GROUPTHINK:
https://theconversation.com/group-think-what-it-is-and-how-to-avoid-it-161697

https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/glossary/groupthink

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-groupthink-2795213

http://boingboing.net/2014/08/05/how-groupthink-gets-reality-ba.html?utm_content=buffer54149&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” 

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/13/opinion/david-brooks-the-child-in-the-basement.html?_r=0

http://www.tor.com/2015/11/19/ursula-k-le-guins-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-is-beautiful-in-map-form/

http://www.jeffersonflanders.com/2006/07/ursula-k-le-guins-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas/

http://www.teenink.com/reviews/book_reviews/article/133226/The-Ones-Who-Walk-Away-From-Omelas-by-Ursula-K-Le-Guin/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/25/688925/-

The Village 

https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/sociologyofreligion/2017/12/17/religious-undertones-in-popular-film-a-critical-analysis-of-the-village/

https://www.vox.com/2015/9/11/9309749/the-village-shyamalan-good

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-village-2004