The tradition of lottery in the town gives a crucial impact of violence on children, it leads to their lost of innocence. In the story shows how children are involved in the act of violence and are urged to participate in the gruesome activities to the lottery. From the story, The Lottery, gives many examples of children losing their innocence because what the society’s laws influence …show more content…
In the story, certain characters are shown to have the behaviour of acting violence with no hesitation but are more enthusiastic about committing offence. A character named, Mrs. Delacroix, shows the example of having merciless. Mrs. Delacroix gives no emotion on stoning her closest friend and she also decided to choose the largest rock to throw (Jackson 7). Since the tradition that involves violence and is repeated every year, its sets to people’s mindset that the act of violence is an ordinary. Which makes people unaware of the barbaric actions they are doing.
In conclusion, the short story, The Lottery, proves about the act of violence in society affects the people around due to certain traditions or laws. When traditions involve the act of violence makes an immense impact on the society and can be harmful to