The Lottery

" The Lottery" by Shirly Jackson is a story about the tradition a town has. In the story, whoever wins the lottery, gets stonned to death by the townspeople. The members of the town choose a paper marked with a black circle. The paper is drawn from a black box, which represents tradition. A woman named Mrs. Hutchinson wins the lottery and gets stonned to death. It is ironic because she marked that paper up for the event.
This story asks the question about ethic. Just because something is traditional, it does not mean that it is ethically correct or morally acceptable. The people in the town did not even know why they followed this tradition. They just did it because that is the way it had always been done. Some things in our lives are like the tradition of the town. Althought nobody gets stonned, things like Santa Clause can be considered one of these traditions. Nobody knows why or how it came about, but every year, parents have their children believe that Santa Clause will come and deliver them gifts on christmas.