The main theme of “The Lottery”, is that people blindly follow traditions despite the dangers. In the first place, the tradition keeps the town alive. The tradition has been followed for seventy-seven years even though some towns have quit, their town feels like trouble will follow if they quit the tradition. Old Man Warner feels like people would want to go back to caves if they stopped doing the tradition because they’ve done it for so long. It tradition just like seeing the crops grow in the fall. Old Man Warner confronts the couple talking about stopping the tradition: “There’s always been a lottery” (121). Not to …show more content…
In “The Lottery”, people blindly follow traditions despite the dangers. The tradition has been followed for seventy-seven years even though some towns have quit, their town feels like trouble will follow if they quit the tradition. Most of the kids are growing up with the terrible tradition so as they get older they will just think that it’s normal for people to get murdered yearly while everyone watches. Not only in “The Lottery” are traditions dangerous but they are still hazardous today. Just like having a tradition that causes bulls to chase people can make Spains traditions dangerous. Different traditions don’t realize they have an impact on other traditions which can cause danger to