The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

In ancient time, tradition usually helped people to find their way and to develop their personalities. However, tradition could blind people by being destructive and creating victims through social pressure. Shirley Jackson's story ''The Lottery'' portrays an ordinary New England village with average citizens engaged in a deadly rite, the annual selection of sacrificial a victim by means of a public lottery. Jackson proves her point by Miss Hutchinson who is the victim in the …

…to destruction and victimize them. The author is against conformism, by her story; she tries to shows that when people follow tradition they will be more like robots by doing things like others than being themselves. People should question tradition, should not follow it blindly. Throughout the story, the author demonstrates her views against conformism. Works Cited Shirley, Jackson. "The Lottery" in Fiction, A Pocket Anthology, third edition. New York: R.S Gwyn, 2002. Words Count 623