Traditions
“The lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a story about a community that has a tradition. The tradition is when the community gets to gather once every year for the lottery. The head of the household (men) is present with a peace of paper to see who when the lottery. But everyone is not treated equal the lottery is a barbaric tradition, false assumption of a lottery, and has an argument.
“The Lottery”, is the annual ceremony in which the inhabitants of a small village draw lots to determine who will be stoned to death that year. This story is replete with symbolism, symbolism reflecting the dichotomy of humanity, the good and the evil of mankind. "The Lottery," Its Social Order and Male Superiority Issue As much as we would like to believe that men and women are viewed as equals in our society, often times we are disappointed. "The Lottery" describes a town's people who gathered on an ordinary summer day to perform a sacrificial ceremony village of any sense of noncompliance to its male governing hierarchical order making Tessie Hutchinson an unwitting sacrifice to serve the purpose of safeguarding the positions of capital is patriarchs. . It seems ridiculous that a community would cling to such a barbaric tradition, especially when they don't even know the correct way to do the lottery.
