Significance of tradition against moral values
Significance of Tradition Against Moral Values The short story "The Lottery" by, Shirley Jackson and "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker both focus on the significance of tradition within the plot. The character's in the two stories are so into the specifics of tradition that their values and morals at times are forgotten. The characters in the stories live by tradition to an extent where tradition becomes a character in itself. They fail to realize that as they explore the meaning of tradition, the significance of their tradition is often lost. In "Everyday Use," the significance within the story is that following tradition is not nearly as important as understanding the traditional values and morals that come along with culture. It is perfectly clear that Maggie although being younger than her sister has more sense of her cultural traditions than her sister Dee. Wangero becomes ignorant when it comes to understanding the values of her tradition. For example, in the beginning of the story when Dee announces that she has changed her family name to something of her liking. Even after her mother tells her that she was named after her aunt Dicie. Wangero still refuses her traditional name. Wangero even insults the tradition in
Old Man Warner is another character similar to Wangero because he too views tradition as a ritual that must live on forever. In Wangero's eyes all that is important is who the quilts get passed on to and what a average traditional family would do with the quilts. The thoughts of Old Man Warner are similar to those of Wangero's. The resulting influence of tradition on the characters of Maggie and Mrs. Her mother then went on to criticize her answer by stating, "As if that was the only thing you could do with the quilts " (Walker, p. The idea of tradition is used as a conflict to determine death within the plot. Wangero feels that she is more deserving of the quilts because she will hang them up in a frame rather than put them to everyday use. This statement shows that people believe that tradition must go on no matter what, even if the morals of the tradition is lost.
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