The continuing of the tradition and the people of the town who are partaking in the lottery are to blame on tragedy that the lottery represents. This is because they are the ones who blindly follow and accept the ghastly tradition. With it being a tradition no one seems to want to object or withdraw from the lottery. The people of the town do not eradicate the tradition of the lottery since sacrificing one has been passed down from their ancestors. The lottery box “had been constructed when the first people settled down to make a village [there]”. This indicates that the tradition has been passed down from older generations. The people of the town assume that the lottery holds the importance of beliefs and values since their ancestors had
