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The central idea of "The lottery" is you shouldn't blindly follow traditions just because they are traditions.

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The government installed chips into peoples heads to make them all equal

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The laws controlled everything looking for a perfect place.

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The central idea of the veldt is a smart house controls everything and helps around with the house

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The central idea is that the people in the towns and villages followed a tradition (The Lottery) and whoever is selected (randomly) is executed by the town.

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The central idea is how the government tried to control those who were smarter than others.

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The central idea of Harrison Bergeron is a society that is trying to ensure all its citizens are equal.

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Extreme efforts put toward achieving a life of only equality.

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I think the central idea of the story I read was that there is to much government control since they were forcing people to wear handicaps and the government would play loud noises in their ear to stop them from thinking.

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Trisana WSome traditions need to be let go for the greater good. The tradition was outdated and cruel but people didn't understand that.

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Trisana WSome traditions need to be let go for the greater good. The tradition was outdated and cruel but people didn't understand that.

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It is about a public trying to show people that they are all equal in every way

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In the lottery the central idea is that people should not blindly follow traditions without questioning them

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To much government control.

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The laws controlled everything looking for a "perfect" world.

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A perfect world

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It’s about where the world is perfect and where everyone is kinda of the same

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What I think is the central idea is that all of the citizens to be completely equal

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a society that is trying to ensure that all its citizens are completely equal. Although this seems like a good goal, Vonnegut shows that this is impossible to achieve. It is a warning to all of us to maintain our free will and not give the government too much control.