I think that "the lottery" is trying to give an idea to people that they should have stood up for themselves. The story is about this small town that have had a tradition that's called Lottery and basically what you do is pick a paper from a small black wooden box. Who ever gets a paper with a black dot gets stoned. The tradition has been going for a long time now that no one even knows the meaning of why they throw stones at the person who gets the paper with the black dot. I think that the main reason why people would get stoned is due to failure to speak. If people would have decided to question why they get stoned???? But then again so many people are afraid of change that they just don't mine as long as everything is the same everything is fine.
You made a good point about people don't even know the real meaning of this tradition therefore they are just doing it because thats all they know.
ReplyDeletei agree with how if they would have spoken up maybe this tradition would be long gone,but since it is a tradition they dont see anything wrong with it
ReplyDeleteYea people think just because its been going on for a long time that it is fine. The people do not attempt to speak up because they are scared of change.
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