The lottery

“The Lottery”

“The Lottery” is a short story that can be seen in both negative and positive aspects. The main point of the story is how on person is picked and then stoned to death just because of tradition. The people in the town were so caught up in following tradition that they do not realize what is really being done. At times a human being is unaware of his or her actions because they do not know otherwise, meaning they were brought up a certain way. Many years ago there were race disputes among children because the parents taught the children to think a certain way. As the child grew up they did not know that treating someone differently because of their color was morally wrong. “The Lottery” symbolizes how people can be cruel unconsciously, in both the real world and the town people in the story.
Our country has been through so many disputes about equality in the past. Americans were brought to ...