Monday, February 7, 2011

"The Lottery" - Theme

Please provide a thematic statement for "The Lottery".

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  2. Society does not easily question tradition.

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  3. Long upheld traditions are not easily broken.

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  4. A long lasting tradition might delude those who follow it from any immoral values it might hold.

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  5. Society will follow tradition without objection, even if immoral and outdated, if it has been practiced for a long time.

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  6. People change with time, it is only logical that ideas should change as well.

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  7. Through time traditions and society changes.

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  8. traditions that have been used for a while does not change easily.

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  9. The Theme of the story is not to have a different message of winning the lottery.

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  10. People will always keep to their traditions.

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  11. things people have done for years continue on to this day

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  12. Traditions will never get broken.

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  13. To stick with tradition, whether its good or bad or you or not.

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  14. Society's predictions are sometimes very different.

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  15. Certain traditions are extremely important to some societies, and therefore are often not questioned and cannot easily be broken.

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  16. this tradition will go on from generation an will never go away

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  17. A tradition is not something that cannot be changed overnight. It takes a long time to establish and equally as long to change, no matter how immoral or wrong.

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  18. A long lasting tradition might delude those who follow it from any immoral values it might hold.

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