Blindly following tradition (Old man Warner)

The village lottery ends in a violent murder each year. It is a bizarre ritual that will suggests how
hazardous tradition can be when people blindly put it into action. Before knowing what kind of lottery
theyre part taking in, the villagers and their actions seem harmless, without a care in the world, even oldfashioned. Theyve chosen to a certain extent an odd man to lead the lottery. Also, children run about
gathering rocks here and there in the middle of the town. Everyone appears mostly anxious with an old
looking black box that was put down by Mr. Summers, most likely the mayor of the town. The lottery
means more than handmade slips of paper. It is a tradition that is common to small towns. In a way, it
links families and generations together. The little story, we can read that the oldest living towns-man is
old man Warner; that have been in seventy-seven lotteries in his life time. With the time he spent alive,
this story moulded him as a conservative aspect. As long as he can remember, there was always a lottery.
For him, killing random people doesnt do anything to him. He became or was born immune to sense
anything in the lottery. He thinks it normal what theyve been doing for all those years. The old man was
raise to think that to get better crops; we had to give a sacrifice. Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon
meaning.

Hypocrisy
Through the character of Mrs. Hutchinson, Jackson undoubtedly exhibits the very strong power of
hypocrisy, human weakness, and terror. The reader is led to believe that Mrs. Hutchinson plans to revolt
against the uncivilized tradition of the lottery and refuse to take part in this annual drawing, June 27. On
the other hand, Mrs. Hutchinson deteriorates due to Pire pressure and instead arrives late, declaring that
she had forgotten "what day it was." As the final arrangements are being made, Mrs. Hutchinson engages
herself in responsive conversation with the other women, pretending to be happy regarding the occasion.
Though, when she, as luck would have it, draws the winning ticket, her true character immediately burst
out. She screams that the drawing was not carried out fairly; that others should have chose first. She states
publicly that others in the mass should have picked the winning ticket instead of her. The winner had
acknowledged that the tradition of the lottery was a mistake and malevolence. Yet her own weakness kept
her from speaking out for what she held dear. And her own fear and hypocrisy had sealed her fate. She
didnt think that it was right, but kept to her and that brought her down fall. At the end, she look like a
hypocrite that blindly follows the tradition, yet when it happens to her, she declares everything she thinks
about this event. Also she openly offered her daughter into the draw of the lottery just to have the chance
to save her skin.

Names & Action

Shirly Jackson does a vast job of exemplifying how people and actions work together to create
symbolism. A grand instance for it would be the names of the townspeople. Mr. Summers name, for one,
is signifying the irony of the wickedness that lies ahead. Summer is usually thought to be a positive and
blissful times; kids playing and sun shining. Possibly one of the most noticeable links would be the name
Mr. Graves. As the name entails, Mr. Graves is a name of death foreshadowing the future conclusion of
The Lottery. The final lead given would be through the name Mrs. Hutchinson. I checked on Wikipedia
and found out that, in the earlier years of the New England Experiment, Anne Hutchinson was known as
someone who could stand up for herself, accurately the same as Mrs. Hutchinson presented in the Lottery.
The peoples actions towards the opening, when the young boys are piling the stones and preparing for
the lottery event, one is not conscious that this very stack will be used to stone the winner at the end.
When this is first seen, it was portrayed as children having fun and playing as they normally would; but,
those were just only deepening the artificial atmosphere of glee. The most intriguing case would be later
when Mr. Delacroix grabs for a rock that is so large that she can hardly hold it. This immediately adds to
the box that a few seconds ago she was fearful of losing her life, and here she is at this time, one with the
swarm and among the primary to follow the movement.