People are forced to participate in a tradition that results in both mental and physical consequences. The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a dystopian novel showing how everybody in the community has to act the same. In other words, The Lottery, by Shirly Jackson is a short story that displays that nobody can think for themselves and follow the crowd. "The Lottery '' and The Giver share a common theme, that people will blindly put their lives on the line for their traditions. In The Giver the society does not realize the effect of their traditions. Jonas spectates a game that “he had often played with the other children, a game of good guys and bad guys, a harmless pastime that used up their contained energy and ended only when they all lay posed