Have you ever wondered how traditions can sometimes turn into brutal bloody rituals, in which some individuals participates without wondering if it's right or not? The short-story The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, is a great work of fiction that shows us how a socially divided society can get into pointless violence and harm one of their own member. The story takes place on a warm morning of June in the town square of a small village. The villagers gather for the annual lottery and all the families draw a slip of paper from a box but only one has a black spot on it. Tessie Hutchinson re…
