("The Lottery", Shirley Jackson)
The mindless acceptance of tradition is the major theme of this story. However, basically every tradition, from an outsider's perspective, seems to have mindless acceptance. This town's tradition isn't bizarre and cruel to them, and while readers can judge these people, they fall victim to the same wrong. Our society has many traditions, known and unknown, that would seem absorb to an outsider. The motivation for Black Friday or hatred of Mondays really doesn't have a source, rather it's just an aspect of society. We love football and value free will; we respond to fire drills and take senior pictures. While these actions may have a source, the fact that our society still follows them displays the same mindless obedience. Traditions are important and impact society; however, as this story and life has shown, it is important to reevaluate the purpose of the tradition.
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I love the connection to Black Friday....over Thanksgiving, I asked an aunt why she does it, and she struggled to answer....she just said "well, it's tradition."
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