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3 pages in length. The pull toward violence is as inherent in the human being as the quest for survival, a reality interwoven with such a strong sense of detachment that the act itself is look upon from a viewpoint of untouchability. Jackson's The Lottery and Wolff's Bullet in the Brain are two literary illustrations of this phenomenon by virtue of the gratuitous violence that is both commonplace and unaffecting. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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is look upon from a viewpoint of untouchability. Jacksons The Lottery and Wolffs Bullet in the Brain are two literary illustrations of this phenomenon by virtue of the gratuitous
violence that is both commonplace and unaffecting. Clearly apparent in these two stories is how the heinousness of each violent act is completely obliterated from the minds eye, instead
appearing as a logical and anticipated event; it is even heralded as something cloaked in tradition although no one can recall more than a vague reason for the "lottery" than
of sacrifice for crop growth and prosperity. This ambiguity does not cause the townspeople to question why a human sacrifice is still being made every year but instead has
entrenched itself in the cultural composition of a community where people have been desensitized to the detrimental effect of violence. Realism of violence
helps to further each storys theme by the way in which it harkens back to the Roman gladiators, for whom animal slaughter was mere folly - a precursor to the
real event: human-to-human massacre. The exploit that took place to help stir the crowd into a frenzy prior to the main event was the gladiatorial combat of hunting, otherwise
called the venatio. Once gathered up from different parts of the Roman empire these exotic - and sometimes not so exotic - animals were stalked, poked, prodded and ultimately
killed by the bestiarius, or beast fighter, during the morning and afternoon before the man-to-man gladiatorial combat took place. Inasmuch as the Romans believed "it was beneficial to watch
people being slain--you learned how to meet death bravely" (Lidz 56+), it is clear how perpetuation of violence to the degree that exists in these two stories is invaluable to
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