Traditions are a custom or beliefs from generation to generation. Sometimes people follow traditions just because everyone is following them- they jump on a bandwagon to fit in with the social norm. Many of the times people grown-up with traditions without knowing why they are celebrating them; they are just programmed to follow them, it some sense they are brainwashed to the tradition. Some traditions don’t have the same the same core value they had back in the day, people just follow it because it give them a better benefit.
The Lottery is a about a modern town that had an old tradition of sacrificing a person because the people in the town thought it’ll give them a better crop season. Back in the day being selected by the lottery was considered an honor because the person was considered the “chosen one”. Because of them the whole …show more content…
The Hunger Games was a death match that would be broadcasted on TV. The Hunger Games were created because of a battle with the districts wanted to attchive higher power but they lost the battle and the game was a punishment. In the movie there were districts and as a tradition every district would have two girls and two boys to represent them. The boys and girls could volunteer or they were selected by a random drawing out of a box. When the people are picking they are sent of to kill each other. The last person standing would be the winner. I believe this tradition lost its main purpose. The tradition was created as punishment but stayed for many years because people seen it as enetertament. Like in the lottery people didn’t try to stop the tradition. I believe both the Lottery and the Hunger Games feared the higher power for change. I think in both of the stories if people protested against the tradition then they would get killed by the higher power. In a sense by having random drawings gave both the people in the Lottery and Hunger Games a higher chance of
The Lottery is a about a modern town that had an old tradition of sacrificing a person because the people in the town thought it’ll give them a better crop season. Back in the day being selected by the lottery was considered an honor because the person was considered the “chosen one”. Because of them the whole …show more content…
The Hunger Games was a death match that would be broadcasted on TV. The Hunger Games were created because of a battle with the districts wanted to attchive higher power but they lost the battle and the game was a punishment. In the movie there were districts and as a tradition every district would have two girls and two boys to represent them. The boys and girls could volunteer or they were selected by a random drawing out of a box. When the people are picking they are sent of to kill each other. The last person standing would be the winner. I believe this tradition lost its main purpose. The tradition was created as punishment but stayed for many years because people seen it as enetertament. Like in the lottery people didn’t try to stop the tradition. I believe both the Lottery and the Hunger Games feared the higher power for change. I think in both of the stories if people protested against the tradition then they would get killed by the higher power. In a sense by having random drawings gave both the people in the Lottery and Hunger Games a higher chance of