The Lottery and Other Stories

The Lottery

What kind of traditions, practices, laws, etc. might The Lottery represent?

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We are hinted that the lottery might have represented some sort of traditional agricultural sacrifice for good crops. The irony is that any traditional has long been lost and only the stoning remains.

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