Analysis Of The Foolishness Of Blindly Following Tradition In The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

The foolishness of blindly following tradition is satirized in Shirley Jackson's “The lottery.” For example, When tessis almost forgot that it was the day of the lottery and later that day gets picked for the murky tradition. This is a big part of the story because that the people thinks it is just a normal day that you have your fate on the line with your family. Another example, that “Old man Warner” has been in the lottery 77 times and still doesn't see a problem in with the crummy tradition. Old man warner even gets mad because people in the north are ending the tradition because they understand the stupidity of the tradition. And finally, even the family members stone there own mother and apparently there is no problem with killing one