Lines 93-94 state that “so much of the ritual had been forgotten or discarded”. Reading that, this piece of evidence brings up the fact that the villagers don’t know the original purpose of the ritual anymore and are just doing it to uphold the tradition. On lines 255-263, Old Man Warner goes on a rant about how the towns who have given up lotteries are a “Pack of crazy young fools.” At the end of his rant, though, on lines 262-263, Old Man Warner states that “there’s always been a lottery.” The oldest man in town, who has been doing the lottery for 77 years, and has taken 77 chances with death, still thinks that the tradition should be upheld. I think that this evidence definitely supports the claim. I think that the villagers will continue doing the lottery. Unless Old Man Warner dies and the tradition is somehow disbanded because of it, the villagers have upheld their tradition for so long that they will not want to quit now. I wonder, though - if Old Man Warner did die, would the villagers stop doing the lottery, or will they keep doing it because it is an ancient tradition that they don’t want to give
Lines 93-94 state that “so much of the ritual had been forgotten or discarded”. Reading that, this piece of evidence brings up the fact that the villagers don’t know the original purpose of the ritual anymore and are just doing it to uphold the tradition. On lines 255-263, Old Man Warner goes on a rant about how the towns who have given up lotteries are a “Pack of crazy young fools.” At the end of his rant, though, on lines 262-263, Old Man Warner states that “there’s always been a lottery.” The oldest man in town, who has been doing the lottery for 77 years, and has taken 77 chances with death, still thinks that the tradition should be upheld. I think that this evidence definitely supports the claim. I think that the villagers will continue doing the lottery. Unless Old Man Warner dies and the tradition is somehow disbanded because of it, the villagers have upheld their tradition for so long that they will not want to quit now. I wonder, though - if Old Man Warner did die, would the villagers stop doing the lottery, or will they keep doing it because it is an ancient tradition that they don’t want to give