Sacrifice In The Lottery

It happen at some point during our civilization when human sacrifice became an arrogation, executed for a religious purpose, a cult, or as a ritual to please their gods in which they believe in. In the story, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson she introduces us to a luck-of-the-draw conformity among the villagers in the story. Jackson’s reveals that humans commit barbaric genocides by the peer pressure and be subsequent to tradition. The lottery is held in June during the beautiful summer in order to please the gods to allow bountiful harvest; therefore, one pure innocent human life was offered. Similarly, like the Aztecs from Mexico, who also perform sacrifice rituals. In the video Ancient Mysteries, Human Sacrifice the Aztecs had their own ancient
“The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born. Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box.” (5) A black box on square town is placed yearly to raffle the lives of the villagers as a symbol of dominance. The winner will be stone to death by the villagers, family members also take part on it; they are submitted by the hierarchy dictators who implement rituals in order to achieve their needs, which is corn. Mr. Summers recites “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon”? since he is one of the oldest villagers in square town who want to keep traditions just in the old days, intact. The lottery sound as a rewarding price to those who are unaware of the real cause[the outsiders], the villagers have somewhat an innocence in inherent evil death. “The lottery was conducted – as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program – by Mr. Summers, who had time and energy to devote to civic activities.” (4) The ritual is projected to the people at a young age so that they become accustom and free of guilt when the time of execution comes."It's not the way it used to be." Old Man Warner said clearly. "People
In the story, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson she introduces us to a luck-of-the-draw conformity among the villagers in the story. Jackson’s reveals that humans commit barbaric genocides by the peer pressure and be subsequent to tradition. The lottery is held in June during the beautiful summer in order to please the gods to allow bountiful harvest; therefore, one pure innocent human life was offered. Similarly, like the Aztecs from Mexico, who also perform sacrifice rituals. In the video Ancient Mysteries, Human Sacrifice the Aztecs had their own ancient rituals costing many lives of innocent followers and enemies. Whether it is for harvest, appeasing of the gods or as a form of abomination, they all believe that the hearts, skin, and liquids on veins [blood] including human bloodshed is a precious gift to the gods they worship. Jackson’s critiques the harm in acquiring conformity, including the potential dangers to eyeless