ply follow blindly are, trying to point out that Christians are much the same way. Mrs. Hutchison comes to symbolize those who have tainted souls. Mrs. Hutchison is late for the lottery, and she doesn’t remain faithful to her belief that the lottery is right when she is the one faced with death, this showing that she lacks faith, a true wrong in the eyes of a Christian. “The Lottery”, with this symbolism, is showing what a barbaric and ignorant belief Christians hold that only people faithful to Christianity are good, and that all others should be punished. With the use of all this symbolism, the story becomes a graphic depiction of the way tradition affects Christianity, and shows some of its more negative aspects. It shows us that American society has become accustomed to the ideas of Christianity, and is so convinced that it is the right way of thinking, that we do not even explore the idea that it may be wrong, or unnatural. The story shows how Christianity can often times be barbaric, as with the Holy crusades, and the Salem witch trials, to name only a couple. It shows us the hypocrisy that resides within the churches, for often times people are judged for things that only fate decides. Just as in the way that the Christian belief is that all homosexuals will be punished in the after life, while many homosexuals argue that they do not choose to be gay but that fate made them that way. In the end “The Lottery” is a criticism of how many in Western civilization have come to practice traditions and not a religion. ...
