Tradition of Violence In the past, many catastrophic events took place during an era when people acted barbarically. Not realizing their wrong doing, normal small- town communities took pride in what seemed pagenistic rituals all for the sake of beliefs and tradition. In the short story "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson demonstrates irony in a small New England town, which by "lottery" yearly murders one of their own town's people. "The Lottery" is a story, which …showed first 75 words of 702 total…

…showed last 75 words of 702 total…pointless violence and general inhumanity of the town's actions. In the past, many catastrophic events took place during an era when people acted barbarically. Not realizing their wrong doing, normal small- town communities took pride in what seemed pagenistic rituals all for the sake of beliefs and tradition. In the short story "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson demonstrates irony in a small New England town, which by "lottery" yearly murders one of their own town's people. .