Despite the fact that the whole society participates in the lottery, many people secretly believe it to be immoral. The Lottery is a tradition carried out in a many small villages where every man in the village picks a slip of paper, and the person who ends up with the black dot is stoned to death. In today’s society, this idea would never have been thought of or carried out. Tessie Hutchinson believed this idea to be immoral, but didn’t say anything until she was the one in the bad position. Tessie was the first to question the tradition, but by the time she did it was too late. The Lottery is a tradition that has been performed in villages for decades, so nobody notices, or speaks out, against all the immoral actions performed. It’s as if everyone in the society is brainwashed,…show more content… The lottery has been passed down from generations, so the society has never experienced a year without the lottery. Old Man Warner has experienced many lotteries, so he takes it upon himself to see that the lottery is carried out in the correct way. “Old Man Warner snorted. “Pack of crazy fools,” he said. “Listening to the young folks, nothing’s good enough for them. Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live hat way for a while.”(Jackson 3). Old Man Warner believed that stopping the lottery would be bad for the town, rather than being beneficial. According to Old Man Warner, if the tradition were to stop, the society would break. The people of the town were convinced that Old Man Warner was speaking the truth because he was the oldest and wisest man in the town. “Some places have already quit lotteries.” Mrs. Adams said. “Nothing but trouble in that,” Old Man Warner said stoutly. “Pack of young fools.”(Jackson 4). Old Man Warner did not hesitate when stating the consequences of ending the lottery, because he believes it is his to duty to keep it a