about clinging to traditions in "A Moment before The Gun Went off" and "The Lottery,"

        In the stories 'A Moment before The Gun Went Off' and 'The Lottery,' there is the situation in which a group of people cling to traditions very blindly. In both stories the traditions are so dug into the people's way of life that questioning them is considered sacrilege within these communities. Furthermore, the members of the community no longer even remember why the traditions were set up in the fist place. They follow the …showed first 75 words of 785 total…

…showed last 75 words of 785 total…both these stories there is a some sort of tradition that grips the communities very tightly. These traditions may have been vital for the survival of the communities in the past, however as time passes the need for these traditions becomes nonexistent. As the communities grow and become closer to others the process of abandoning the traditions speeds up. this is because there is more communication between the people of different sex, religion and color.