Shirley Jackson's essay, The Lottery, is located in a small village. In this small village, there is a tradition that the whole town participates in. This tradition is called the lottery. The whole town's attention is brought together on the morning of the 27th of June. While they wait for everyone to get there, they are laughing and taking on conversations. They are happy as if this is a once in a year event. Once the whole town is there they start the so-called lottery system. They begin drawing names out of an old black box. Mr. Hutchinson drew first along with his family. Everyone knew that after the whole family had drawn, that Mrs. Hutchinson would have to draw last. She drew the paper with a black dot on it, she had won the lottery. She wasn't too happy about winning though. She had started complaining and yelling about her winning the lottery. Meanwhile the rest of the crowd including her kids and husband started looking for stones. They all gathered around and started stoning her till her death. It turned out that the lottery was an old sacrificial tradition. Why do the people put up with causing harm to another person if they don't have to, especially if they are family members?
             It's weird to think that this so-called tradition has continued essentially unchanged for so many years. The people of the town are no different than anyone else. The only difference is that when people are raised and aged in this nature of life, it is what they believe for the rest of their lives. There are many instances of this today. When one is raised in the city, they learn to like it and nothing else. Then there are the people that grow up in the country, and are accustomed to the outdoors and more hands on activities unlike the city folk. Most people adapt to what they are raised with. The people in the story are raised with this tradition, because the adults want the children to participate in the lotte
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