"Traditions in Society" Written about "The Lottery"

Traditions in Society
Traditions are a daily part of our lives, playing a game of slow pitch with an entire family, cooking a special dinner for a birthday, raking the leaves into a pile in the fall and then jumping into it with your dog. Each of these are traditions that make most people feel happy and make them look forward to doing it again. However, this is not always the case. Shirley Jackson has written a short story called "The Lottery" where a lottery is done each year in a town and the winner of this gets stoned to death. Every member in the village participates in this rit…