pen. Jackson's fiction is noted for exploring incongruities in everyday life, and The Lottery, perhaps her most exemplary work in this respect, examines humanity's capacity for evil within a contemporary, familiar, American setting. Noting that the story's characters, physical environment, and even its climactic action lack significant individuating detail, most critic’s view. The Lottery as a modern-day parable or fable, which obliquely addresses a variety of themes, including the dark side of human nature, the danger of ritualized behavior, and the potential for cruelty when the individual submits to the mass will. A peaceful town can be crazy with stupid customs like to be stone to death for the good of the village. The villagers forgot the rest of the customs that the village once had so the villagers could have oppose the lottery or try to stop the killings instead of joining and throwing stones at that person. Why would anybody want to participate in something that violence and cruelty? Nobody feels bad after killing someone that they loved. This village is like a cult cause the villagers start singing a “tuneless chant” and a “ritual salute” and being sacrifice to honor there god. Anyone can be chosen to be stone to death even kids. ...
