The Lottery-Jack London
...t person, they also followed customs and traditions. Each year on June 27th the lottery would take place, where all of the town would join together and take part in this terrible day. Each citizen and family would draw, and one person would be stoned to death by picking the paper with the black dot, every year. The citizens of New Hope followed along in this lottery because they hadn’t known any better. It occurred for generations. The people of New Hope, were led to believe it was the right thing to do, because it had gone on for so long. If one citizen chose to not partake in the lottery, they would be shunned from the town, quite like Mr. Smith had been. Mostly all of the citizens follow along in the lottery blindly, without asking any questions, as Felice said, “I...