If one were to celebrate Christmas with ghosts and colors of black and orange, one might say “Hey, that is not how Christmas is celebrated. You need pine trees decorated with ornaments, garlands and ribbons, and colors of red and green.” Also if people were to say the Pledge of Allegiance in an office at a certain time of the day, one will feel awkward than if it were to have been said at school. Tradition keeps one’s brains off; people are imperceptive to what might be if these tradition were not to be followed. It is easy to be lazy and follow what has always been without thinking too hard in the present. But blindingly following might not always be the best option to one’s self or society due to its harmful effects and restriction to move…show more content… In The Lottery, Mr. Summers, who can be represented as progress, frequently spoke “to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box.” Summers was successful about using slips of paper instead of chips because the box was small and the town was growing but the village still haven’t eliminated the ritual all together like the north village. Old Man Warner, who represents tradition, says again and again “Pack of young fools,” also stating that giving up the lottery would result in declination back to the days of cavemen. Once the villager make their sacrifice, they go back home, happy, knowing that there will be a good crop this year. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas also have the tradition of neglecting the boy. Most do not understand where the tradition arose from but they “all understand that their happiness, the beauty of their city... the abundance of their harvest… depend wholly on this child's abominable misery.” Though many are ok with the fact that the child is there, “a few are sufficiently repulsed to reject the system and leave, and these are the ones who walk away from Omelas.” (Encyclopedia of Science
