The Lottery by: Shirley Jackson

It is a story about society, traditions and the way we follow them just because generations before us have. In general, a tradition is something that’s been handed down from generation to generation. We often go along with them without questioning the meaning or perhaps even changing them for our own conveniences. Let’s take for example our traditional holidays of Easter and Christmas; originally, these were religious holidays. These traditions were meant to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and the rising of Jesus from the tomb after his death. What are these traditions today? They have changed and become commercially oriented with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. Do we question this? Maybe some do, but for the most part, we just go along with it. Many of us have taught our own children to decorate the Christmas tree, or the Easter eggs. We may still put a manger under the tree, or put chocolate crosses in the Easter basket. Most of us have probably not taken the time to explain why. This is comparable to the way they give little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles (228) training him to carry on the tradition for future

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Approximate Word count = 1947
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)