For example, in the book as well as in life, people of power or those who have authority believe change is unnecessary when something works or when it does not affect them in a specific way. Zachary Barnett writes, “…the whole point of the fable is to make grotesquely clear man’s absurd fear of change” (“Review of Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery”). In the story, Old Man Warner, a seventy-seven year old man, quickly counter-attacks Mr. and Mrs. Adams when they begin to converse about

In addition to the village’s wealthy people and rituals, children also play a big role in upholding tradition. Although the kids do not know the extent or meaning of the lottery, because the adults are also ignorant, their job at the beginning was to gather stones, “…eventually [they] made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square” (“The Lottery,” 378). And although some are too young to know what this gathering is all about, that does not stop the adults from teaching the children how the ritual is done. An example would be young Davy Hutchinson, the son of Mrs. Hutchinson, who is too young to know what is going on, but is helped when it is his turn to draw from the box (“The Lottery,” 383). Furthermore, they taught him how to stone someone because “someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles” (“The Lottery,” 384). Children are the future, and the town’s future will probably contain this tradition because the adults are passing it down to the younger generation.

towns who had given up, or were considering giving up the lottery. He even suggests that trouble could occur from this change without even giving an example to how it could occur. He states, “Nothing but trouble in that…pack of young fools” (“The Lottery,” 382). Also, Mr. Summers, Mr. Graves, and Mr. Martin all seem to hold highly credible roles in society, nonetheless they seem to hold similar roles in the tradition of the lottery. Mr. Summers, one of the wealthiest men in town and the owner of the coal company, was the conductor of the lottery because he “…had more time and energy to devote to civic activities” (“T

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