The short story "The Lottery," by Shirley Jackson, raises many questions towards the destructive rituals of mankind. ... The story takes a deeper look at human nature by displaying at least three typical attitudes of man while living and interacting in a society. ... In the story, Mr. ... Summers and the attitude of the rest of the villages show the attitude mankind has deep in the nature. ... These are only a few of human's attitudes due to their nature. ...

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The poem "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost and the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson both contain cases of apparently foolish customs. ... There are clues all through the story to clarify why the lottery is played in the town. ... The issue that emerges is that this story does not occur in a less acculturated time. The story needs to happen after 1880 in a genuinely modernized area. ... This belief system is a catastrophe for this town in light of the fact that "They focus on its [the tradition's] gruesome rather than its symbolic nature" (Griffin ...

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These examples happen to be some of the less radical traditions across cultures, especially when compared to the tradition of drawing a sacrifice to be stoned in Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery.... Another consequence of blindly following tradition is shown through the hypocrisy of the characters within the story. ... In addition to Tess's own hypocritical nature, readers are also able to observe how the villagers are hypocritical with one another. ... The ability to kill another human being without an ounce of empathy is ingrained at a young age for the villagers, as...

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