“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”(-Maria Robinson). However, in modern society, lots of people insisted their tradition and put great amount of efforts to hold on their past. The story “The Lottery” takes place in a small town where villagers stone someone to death for good crops. This is a long standing tradition that has been going on for generations. Shirely Jackson presented the theme tradition to state how people are reluctantly to start fresh and leave their past behind. First, people are afraid of the unknown brought as a by product from change. Therefore, most people are not going to risk their chance and try to abolish their tradition. For instance, the villagers in
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This is because generally accepted by everyone. In the audience view, the Lottery would be seen as brutal and unethical. However, the villagers in the story “ The Lottery” actually looks forward toward this “exciting” event. This is because stoning one person each year has become a habit for them. It is like celebrating your birthday or chirstmas every year. Some people like “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets fulll of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example.” (pg.1) demonstrates their enthusiasm towards this event. Others even joked and laugh before the tradition even started. For an outsider this is considered absurd and deranged, but the villagers treat this like a normal thing to do or an obligation they should follow. The influence of the Lottery is so big that it even has a huge impact on the younger generation. At the end of the story, someone even gave little Dave some rocks to murder his own mom. This is perhaps why this tradition is so hard to give up since it has become an anually event. Another event in history similar to this would be Galileo going against the Roman Catholic Church. For centuries, Roman Catholic Church saids that the earth is the center of the universe. This idea is widely accepted by the society. However, Galileo argues that the earth goes around the sun. Even though Galileo’s great finding is supported with sufficent evidence, it took many years later for people to accept the new idea brought by Galileo. This proves that changing is a difficult task for human
This is because generally accepted by everyone. In the audience view, the Lottery would be seen as brutal and unethical. However, the villagers in the story “ The Lottery” actually looks forward toward this “exciting” event. This is because stoning one person each year has become a habit for them. It is like celebrating your birthday or chirstmas every year. Some people like “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets fulll of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example.” (pg.1) demonstrates their enthusiasm towards this event. Others even joked and laugh before the tradition even started. For an outsider this is considered absurd and deranged, but the villagers treat this like a normal thing to do or an obligation they should follow. The influence of the Lottery is so big that it even has a huge impact on the younger generation. At the end of the story, someone even gave little Dave some rocks to murder his own mom. This is perhaps why this tradition is so hard to give up since it has become an anually event. Another event in history similar to this would be Galileo going against the Roman Catholic Church. For centuries, Roman Catholic Church saids that the earth is the center of the universe. This idea is widely accepted by the society. However, Galileo argues that the earth goes around the sun. Even though Galileo’s great finding is supported with sufficent evidence, it took many years later for people to accept the new idea brought by Galileo. This proves that changing is a difficult task for human