The lottery
1. Yes, because all the people in the village agree to kill or sacrifice the person who got picked.
2. No, because nobody deserves to die even if it is good for others.
3. No, because people have to change the old traditions if they are not okay according to the laws we have now.
4. I would try to make people believe the tradition is wrong and lead people to fix the problem. For example, in ancient Japan, when they had horrible weather they thought they made the gods mad so they sacrificed a young girl to the gods.
5. Shirley Jackson is trying to tell us that shouldn't just mindlessly follow tradition or what other people are doing.
6. The same points are : public killing, following a tradition mindlessly, sacrificing innocent people, a group of people having power over everyone, people being picked re
2. No, because nobody deserves to die even if it is good for others.
3. No, because people have to change the old traditions if they are not okay according to the laws we have now.
4. I would try to make people believe the tradition is wrong and lead people to fix the problem. For example, in ancient Japan, when they had horrible weather they thought they made the gods mad so they sacrificed a young girl to the gods.
5. Shirley Jackson is trying to tell us that shouldn't just mindlessly follow tradition or what other people are doing.
6. The same points are : public killing, following a tradition mindlessly, sacrificing innocent people, a group of people having power over everyone, people being picked re
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