Tradition is an inseparable element in our life. We inherit our tradition from our ancestor, therefore, it is our responsibility to continue it. However, would you follow a tradition without questioning it? Would you be willing to sacrifice a person to benefit your lifestyle? “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson and “The Village” directed by M. Night Shyamalan will show you how life would be in a society where people are loyal blindly to their tradition. Although each of them tells a different story, they both depict the danger of following tradition blindly, and the selfishness of human nature. Blindness is the best word to describe the inhabitants in “The Lottery” and “The Village”. In the short story, the lottery has been conducted
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The occupants believe that the lottery brings them works as well as a good harvest. Likewise, residents in, “The Village”, are loyal to their tradition laid out by their Elders. Their leaders deceive them into believing there are monster, or “Those we don’t speak of” called by the villagers, in the forest and the town is a wicked place. Although none of them has ever had a chance to confirm the Elders’ words, they trust their leaders completely. The villagers have never infringed an inch of the forest, in addition, they have never questioned their leaders as well as their tradition. Indeed, the people of both works are victims of fabrications, however it is their fault for letting the tradition govern them. Furthermore, because of the villagers’ naiveté, they sacrifice their own people to the tradition. In “The Lottery”, those ordinary people are willing to stone a person to death every year to the lottery. This is the most horrific detail in the story, they consider killing their own people as a normal thing, they try to finish it in order to, “get home for noon dinner” (page 160). Those simple people view their brutal tradition as a regular event, as Mrs. Declacroix refers it as a “sport”. In the short
The occupants believe that the lottery brings them works as well as a good harvest. Likewise, residents in, “The Village”, are loyal to their tradition laid out by their Elders. Their leaders deceive them into believing there are monster, or “Those we don’t speak of” called by the villagers, in the forest and the town is a wicked place. Although none of them has ever had a chance to confirm the Elders’ words, they trust their leaders completely. The villagers have never infringed an inch of the forest, in addition, they have never questioned their leaders as well as their tradition. Indeed, the people of both works are victims of fabrications, however it is their fault for letting the tradition govern them. Furthermore, because of the villagers’ naiveté, they sacrifice their own people to the tradition. In “The Lottery”, those ordinary people are willing to stone a person to death every year to the lottery. This is the most horrific detail in the story, they consider killing their own people as a normal thing, they try to finish it in order to, “get home for noon dinner” (page 160). Those simple people view their brutal tradition as a regular event, as Mrs. Declacroix refers it as a “sport”. In the short