The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is about a village of people that every year they gather in the square to hold the lottery because they believe if they sacrifice the winner it will help grow the crops and make them feel better. To find the winner, Mr. Summers puts together the families and then they come up to choose a card with a family name on it and the family chosen then comes up and each family member chooses a card and the one with a black dot wins the lottery. Readers can learn that traditions are important to people throughout this story. Traditions have been around for many years. In the story it says “The people had done it so many time that they only half listened to the directions” (3). Another example is “Seventy seven years I’ve been in
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This is shown throughout the story because the people of the village believe their tradition helps grow their crops and make their season better. They believe that when they sacrifice someone their crops will grow. “They do say.” Mr. Adams said to Old man Warner who stood next to him, “that over in the north village they’re talking of giving up the lottery.” Old man Warner snorted. “Pack of crazy fools” (4). This shows that people have traditions that are important to them and they believe in them.
Traditions bring people together. This connects to the story because every year everybody gathers into the square. “The children tended to gather together quietly before they broke into boisterous play” (1). “Soon the men began to gather surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes” (1). This proves that traditions bring people together. For example in the real world people gather for thanksgiving, Christmas, and other things. The story The Lottery shows readers that old traditions are hard to break and to never stop believing in what you want. Traditions are important to people and the people of the village show that to the
This is shown throughout the story because the people of the village believe their tradition helps grow their crops and make their season better. They believe that when they sacrifice someone their crops will grow. “They do say.” Mr. Adams said to Old man Warner who stood next to him, “that over in the north village they’re talking of giving up the lottery.” Old man Warner snorted. “Pack of crazy fools” (4). This shows that people have traditions that are important to them and they believe in them.
Traditions bring people together. This connects to the story because every year everybody gathers into the square. “The children tended to gather together quietly before they broke into boisterous play” (1). “Soon the men began to gather surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes” (1). This proves that traditions bring people together. For example in the real world people gather for thanksgiving, Christmas, and other things. The story The Lottery shows readers that old traditions are hard to break and to never stop believing in what you want. Traditions are important to people and the people of the village show that to the