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Shirley Jackson 's The Lottery ' Ursula Le Guin 's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas ' and John Biguenet 's I Am Not a Jew ' are three different stories which have a common theme . All the stories convey an indirect representation of social injustices brought about by stereotypical beliefs

In The Lottery ' Tessie Hutchinson was stoned to death by her own family and neighbors who were convinced that she was the one chosen to be sacrificed in return for good harvest . She has

fallen victim to a process which was utterly illogical and selfish . Even her own family accepted this fact and contributed to her death without a trace of remorse . Her final lines in the story show how she thought of the process as unfair : It isn 't fair , it isn 't right (Jackson 15

Similarly , in The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas ' the locked up child served as the scapegoat for the seemingly happy town of Omelas His sole suffering paid for the luxuries and pleasures that the townsfolk of Omelas enjoyed . Like the neighbors in The Lottery ' most of those who have been exposed to the secret of the flourishing town disregarded their morality in return for happiness . However , those who cannot bear the fact that someone was suffering for the whole town walked away from it

The third story , I Am Not a Jew ' emphasizes the injustice towards Jews rather than the offense done to Anderson , the protagonist . He was...