Nian Liu

The Lottery in Babylon

Another interesting story about a society in Babylon where lottery rules the society and evidently overtakes the whole government system. Along with time, the lottery system becomes more and more secretive where future generations question whether if the lottery still exists or has already been deteriorated over time. I really liked this story because it made me think about our society and how us like the citizens of Babylon do not often think about what or who runs our lives. We’ve been controlled by our government for so long and so much that we subconsciously do not think about how much control the U.S government has over us. There were many ideas that were brought up, especially the topic of religion and whether or not if over time religion was once pure and true until now where it seems to be more mystified.