Alyson Bernero

The Lottery in Babylon was an interesting story that truly fits the saying, damned if you do, damned if you don't. The people of Babylon were told to enter themselves into the lottery or be deemed as cowards by the rest of the population. Those who chose to enter themselves in the lottery paid a fee much like lotteries still existing today, however the reward was much different. The outcome of the lottery was in most cases death. This caused me to wonder, why anyone would allow themselves to possibly be killed? If the consequence to not entering was being considered a coward I would surely take the new nickname.