1. The lottery is a collective act of murder because everyone, even her own children through the rocks that killed her.
2. This is not morally justified because there is no point in killing someone, especially if the only reason for it is tradition.
3. Tradition does not justify this because there is still no proven reason for this tradition. They believe that if they stop the lottery they will stop being civilized, but they don't know this because they never have stopped the lottery.
4. I would be confused if someone from a different culture did strange rituals because I wouldn't understand the purpose or reason for it. An example of this is the Aztecs who removed human hearts, while they were still beating.
5. Shirley Jackson is trying to tell us that following tradition isn’t always the best course of action, because some don't make sense and do more harm than good.
6. There are many connections between The Hunger Games and "The Lottery". First of all, they both contain killing, in the Hunger Games 24 tributes killed each other and in "The Lottery" the town kills the person who won the lottery. Secondly, there is a lottery, in The Hunger Games it decided the tributes from each district and in "The Lottery" the person who is chosen gets stoned. Finally, it is a tradition, In the Hunger Games it had been going on for centuries and in “The Lottery it had been going on since anyone could remember. These are the connections between The Hunger Games and “The Lottery”.
2. This is not morally justified because there is no point in killing someone, especially if the only reason for it is tradition.
3. Tradition does not justify this because there is still no proven reason for this tradition. They believe that if they stop the lottery they will stop being civilized, but they don't know this because they never have stopped the lottery.
4. I would be confused if someone from a different culture did strange rituals because I wouldn't understand the purpose or reason for it. An example of this is the Aztecs who removed human hearts, while they were still beating.
5. Shirley Jackson is trying to tell us that following tradition isn’t always the best course of action, because some don't make sense and do more harm than good.
6. There are many connections between The Hunger Games and "The Lottery". First of all, they both contain killing, in the Hunger Games 24 tributes killed each other and in "The Lottery" the town kills the person who won the lottery. Secondly, there is a lottery, in The Hunger Games it decided the tributes from each district and in "The Lottery" the person who is chosen gets stoned. Finally, it is a tradition, In the Hunger Games it had been going on for centuries and in “The Lottery it had been going on since anyone could remember. These are the connections between The Hunger Games and “The Lottery”.
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