The Lottery

Much like "Young Goodman Brown" the title of this story deceived me. When I think of the lottery I think of winning a large sum of money, something people are usually happy to win. However in the short story "The Lottery" winning is not such a good thing. I never expected the winner to be stoned to death. I think this story shows how conformity can be dangerous. Although, this tradition had been going on for years and years that doesn't make it right. Not all traditions are good tradtions. There must have been people in this community who realized how wrong it was, but yet becase everyone else was up for it, no one wants to put themselves out there and declare it wrong. This happens a lot in society although and this story portrays that, just in an exteme manner.