Jackson seems to make a social comment about a specific traditional ritual, which should stop, because it is considered as unnecessarily right thing to do. This is the main theme of the story. In this story, the villagers don¯t even know the necessity and origin of the tradition fully. In real life, some people, too, do not even know the purpose of some traditions. In the result of this, the majority of people can interpret the understanding of the tradition wrongly and the tradition can be changed completely different - It may become immortal from a social point of view.

makes comment on our different views towards traditions. In °The Lottery±, young people start to realize that the tradition is immortal, but Old Man Warner thinks the lottery is essential to have a successful harvest.

4. Before the lottery starts, Tessie is so excited that she don¯t like to miss it, but after Hutchinsons got the °winner± paper, she starts to think that the ritual is not good, saying that it wasn¯t fair. She cannot accept the situation that is given and is an irresolute woman. She changes her mind when the things turn out not as she wanted.

In Korea, according to a civil law, when prescribing a generation, a family is formed based on °first son±. This law justifies sex discrimination; not only it is a violation of the constitution, but also it is a bad tradition, which should be disappeared immediately.

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