In the story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson they have a community that had developed a tradition. Throughout life many people have faced traditions; likewise in “The Lottery” most go along with tradition whether they like it or not. In the real world we’re faced with a tradition that if a person murders someone, you should receive a death penalty for the crimes you committed. Many people don’t like change so they will continually follow traditions that they don’t approve of. In “The Lottery” they had a tradition, which every year they will kill one person to get rid of the population. Most of the people enjoyed the tradition and didn’t go against it (sparknotes.com). Many of the villagers didn’t want to change their tradition because they
