“The Lottery and Religion
Organized religion and traditions have been a common idea throughout every civilization
since the beginning of thought. All of these religions have had some sort of doctrine of faith or
standardized set of codes and practices that have been passed down through the ages. In Shirley
Jackson’s “The Lottery,” The author presents the idea that without questioning the practices of
our rituals, we lose the meaning of why they were conceived in the first place.
The first clue that religion and doctrine may be the main subject of the moral of the story
Is the use of the last name of Delacroix. The literal translation is French for “of the cross” but the townspeople mispronounce it frequently which signifies that the meaning of the name is lost. This could be the first symbol of how we today misunderstand established icons and rites. Another symbol is the black box. Nobody seems to know why, but the black box has been used in the lottery since before......
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