The Lottery Theme Essay

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The theme of "The Lottery" is that blindly following tradition can be dangerous. Even though some traditions are an important part of culture, others are violent and should not be continued. “Tradition is important, tradition cannot be taken away, tradition cannot disappear”, were the only words that circulated in a small town every day, but especially the 27th of June. Some traditions don't make sense anymore. They are harmful and not good for people. This was even more the case for the people of the little town in which the lottery was played, since there were only about 300 persons. If they had thought for a moment, they would have seen that "the lottery", or let me correct it, the killing tradition, was no longer meaningful or positive …show more content…
Yes, death is what happened, and I believe that if someone had stood up for its town, a difference from evil to good could have happened. If people had stopped and reflected a moment, they might have realized that what they're doing was horrendous. When the lottery was played, some people were excited and others nervous. Everybody gathered at the center of the village, in front of a black box. The major male from each family grabbed a paper from it, and the one that had a black spot had the ritual sacrifice done. That is why in the beginning, children were grabbing stones, preparing for the victim of the tradition. A normal tradition may be dressing up and singing every 16th of September (like in Mexico). Also eating a certain food because it's a symbol of something or just a parade or dance. On the contrary in this town, in which everything seems so normal and nice, bad things happen. As said, in the story, the one who got the black spot in the lottery was killed by rocks. Miss Tessie Hutchinson was killed with them after getting the black spot, and dying saying the words "It is not fair".

A tradition should be nice, where people socialize, where everyone comes together and enjoy something in common, a custom. In that town, the main tradition was violence, nothing more, but violence until killing someone. It doesn't matter that it's a tradition, it should be stopped and changed by something pleasant. What