“The Lottery“, by Shirley Jackson shows a corrupt society that is struggling to break free from an outrageous ritual. It all begins with the drawing of names, after that has occurred the head of that household would pick a piece of paper out of the black box. Only one paper has a dot on it and whoever gets it is the winner. The town’s people are forced into believing that if the lottery does not occur, the corn crops will not grow. The oldest man in town Mr. Warner refuses to give up the tradition, but does not provide any valid reasons why. In Vincent Ruggiero’s Beyond Feelings book, he gives many credible reasons to why tradition cannot be a reliable source of belief including imperfect perception and memory. Tradition is something most