The Lottery-Original Tradition Or Tradition?
In today’s world, there are still many groups of people that perform traditions or ceremonies that their ancestors did. Many of these groups either follow the exact same traditions, to an extent of what it was, or have come up with a new version of their own, but still have the concepts of the original tradition or ceremony. The story, The Lottery, is an example of people following an old tradition to an extent of what it was when it was first created. It implies many examples of traditions and ceremonies, religious beliefs, and about the human nature itself. The performance of the lottery every year continues the tradition, the source of the execution is show many times in Bible, and how it is human nature to use other humans as their source
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The use of stones to kill the so-called winner of the lottery, “they still remembered to use stones” (3), is the biggest example of religion given in the story because of the way it is used throughout the Bible. By the use of the stones, not just one person within the village will reap the benefits that they believe comes from the lottery, but the entire community will because everyone has to partake in the stoning for the execution to be …show more content…
When Mrs. Hutchinson says, “There’s Don and Eva” (3), she is trying to have her daughter drug into the situation that she is in because she is still family, and so that there is less of a chance that she will end up choosing the black dotted paper. This shows that Mrs. Hutchinson tries to do everything within her power to have a better chance to save herself. It also shows that humans will go along with almost anything, such as the stoning of the winner of the lottery, until they themselves are the ones that are about to receive penance themselves. Mrs. Hutchinson was completely all right with the lottery until her husband draws the dotted paper she said, “you didn’t give him time enough to take any paper” (2), and then when she happened to draw the dotted paper she said, “It isn’t fair” (3). Mr. Hutchinson and his children show that humans can show resentment even if it is towards their own family. When Mr. Hutchinson finds out that it is his wife that drew the dotted paper, he shows detachment from his wife: “Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand” (3) to force her to show her slip of paper, and the children do the same when they laugh after seeing their slip was blank, “both beamed and laughed” (3). Jackson also implies that humans can be joking around about something with friends, but
The use of stones to kill the so-called winner of the lottery, “they still remembered to use stones” (3), is the biggest example of religion given in the story because of the way it is used throughout the Bible. By the use of the stones, not just one person within the village will reap the benefits that they believe comes from the lottery, but the entire community will because everyone has to partake in the stoning for the execution to be …show more content…
When Mrs. Hutchinson says, “There’s Don and Eva” (3), she is trying to have her daughter drug into the situation that she is in because she is still family, and so that there is less of a chance that she will end up choosing the black dotted paper. This shows that Mrs. Hutchinson tries to do everything within her power to have a better chance to save herself. It also shows that humans will go along with almost anything, such as the stoning of the winner of the lottery, until they themselves are the ones that are about to receive penance themselves. Mrs. Hutchinson was completely all right with the lottery until her husband draws the dotted paper she said, “you didn’t give him time enough to take any paper” (2), and then when she happened to draw the dotted paper she said, “It isn’t fair” (3). Mr. Hutchinson and his children show that humans can show resentment even if it is towards their own family. When Mr. Hutchinson finds out that it is his wife that drew the dotted paper, he shows detachment from his wife: “Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand” (3) to force her to show her slip of paper, and the children do the same when they laugh after seeing their slip was blank, “both beamed and laughed” (3). Jackson also implies that humans can be joking around about something with friends, but