Death Unit 1

     The Lottery by Shirley Jackson definitely had a shocking ending.  As I was reading, I was thinking that someone was going to win a huge amount of money.  Then at the end, I find out that it is actually a tradition where the person that wins the lottery is stoned to death.  I feel as if the lottery symbolizes an idea or tradition that is passed on from generation.  The lottery in this story has been going on for a long time, and that is why it is still being done.  It has been going on long enough that people associate with it the phrase, "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon"(268).  People are used to following this tradition because no one has questioned it.  It seems a little weird to me that this town has not spoken up and tried to stop the lottery.  I would think that overtime people would realize that it is not needed anymore. If no one steps up and tries to stop the lottery then many more people are going to die for no reason at all.