Shirley Jackson’s message in “The Lottery” is that not all traditions as good for people. The people in the town do not speak up against it because it has never been questioned; it has always been that way. People do not stop it because no one has ever tried to stop it. People are so use to the tradition they are afraid of change because it would be going against the tradition. The people do not bother to ask why that tradition? Even though the people know its wrong they join in. The tone of the story is serious because the people are scared of getting the paper. The person with the paper will get stoned so no one is laughing or happy, they are serious. The tone helps the reader understand how serious this tradition is.
-Mariana Diaz
Well people need to stop being afraid and take stand for once. If not then the family will be done with because thy start getting sacrificed. Also a change b maybe good depending on whats going on. But a change can always be easy to be changed again.
ReplyDeleteThe strange (intriguing?) part of this story is that some of the characters obviously take the lottery lightly. Hmm.
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