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I think that the townspeople in The Lottery are willing to turn against each other and participate in the Lottery because tradition is important to them. It may be odd how they represent their tradition, but they just want to keep it alive. I believe they turn on each other because they think they are going to be in trouble if they don't participate, and go against what everyone has been doing for generations. In real life, some people may turn on each other because of war or because they are being influenced by something or someone bad.

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I think they would turn against each other because they might be scared of what will happen to them if they show any hatred towards their tradition, or if they

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I think that since the town had lost the real black box and did not remember the whole tradition, I think that the tradition must have been going for an extremely long time. then again, since they have been doing it for a long time, the tradition might have been more "humane" and the stones might have just been placed around them as they quickly killed the person or something, but then they only could remember that there were stoned involved so they just decided that the stones were used to kill them.

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Arle Darr i agree with you about it being normal to them , this is actually represented very well when the children think of it as an activity and the old man was angered by other towns stopping the tradition

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I think they take part in it because that's what they think is normal, and they dont know any better. They also might have consequences if they dont participate in the Lottery¨and they are afraid of what they will do to them.

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I believe that they used the lottery because they truly were scared of overpopulation, as well having little food, however it is quite ironic because they feast on chickpeas and corn after the ritual.

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I think that the town was doing the "tradition" ever since they were young so they never thoug of any morals or consequeces for killing the people they grew up with.

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I think that people take part in this because most them are used to it and it's a tradition for them. They think it's the right thing to do because it's controlling the population. Real world examples are people who would hide the Jewish people from the Nazis but just give them away to the Nazis to suffer and die so they don't die and suffer.

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I think the people in the were willing to turn against each other because they didn't want to be the one sacrificed. They might not want to be the one to be sacrificed because in the story they all have families so maybe they want to live a long life their family. In the real world people would actually sacrifice one person to maybe get good crops or to please the Gods. This was a very common thing past but not that common now.

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If I was in their town in their time and someone I knew well I would not want to kill them in genaral I don't want to kill but if someone forced me to kill and I had no choice or I would die then I would but since that is not necasarily the case in this story I don't understand why people would want to kill

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I think that they were willing to take part in the event because to most of them, it's all that they had ever known, it is also something that had been going on for a really long time so they had alway thought that it was the right thing to do because it controlled the population. They are willing to take part in it because they think that it's right to do. Real world examples of this is maybe people who both want the same thing but have different ideas on how to get to it.

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I think what the reason that they were able to take part in the event is because they hope a certain person will be picked so they will die just like Tessie because in the story it seemed like no one really cared for Tessie even her husband which in my opinion is very sad. A real world example is when Hitler turned against almost everyone and decided to kill those people, like they did in The Lottery. Even though some people thought like other Germans or even some Nazis most likely did not agree with Hitler most of the time. But they obeyed him just out of pure fear of Hitler himself and dying or like what Mrs. Salinas said yesterday about people being gassed. I mean even though you are forced to do something does not mean that it is right no one should be killed just because the were picked for a lottery. If I was picked fro the lottery I would tell everyone that this is wrong and that they should stop continuing this tradition and prove to everyone that is not a way to solve overpopulation.

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Maybe people took part in the lottery because there was a punishment if you didn't take part in the lottery. Maybe this punishment was so bad a ritual that mean that you could meet your demise for no reason at all. Maybe part of the ritual is that if you don't participate in the lottery, you get a punishment for not participating in this game that jeopardizes your life and the others around you. If there is no punishment, then why did these people participate in the first place? Maybe it was because everyone was doing it, so everyone thought they had to do it as well. Maybe everyone was required to do, or get punished.  Maybe these people had no sense and did it without knowing what happened. There could be many reasons why these people entered this drawing to have stones thrown at them.

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I think since they have most likely being doing this tradition their whole life, it is all they know and believe is right. I think that they are only doing it from a sort of peer pressure from the people like Mr. Summers to do it because they might think that they if they don't do it, they will get stoned. This is a lot like history where people would kill people to control population.

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I think what causes them to turn on each other is that they don't want to die so they will kill others. You could be friends but they could turn on eachother.

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I think that the people do it because if they don't they might get stoned as well. I think they each person dreads this lottery, but they all know that if they don't draw they could automatically"win." For Example, when some people are really pushed over money or politics it may cause then to do this.

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I think that these people dont know that the lottery is bad. This is the thing they all grew up doing, and its all they know. In real life, people know that murdering is bad. We all know this because we grew up knowing this, and it is what we know.

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I think that the over population is what is causing the townspeople to take part in the lottery. They know, that if the town becomes to overpopulated, then some bad things will come of it.  Humans turn against each other all of the time. For example, telling somebody else's secrets to somebody else, is one of those things.

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I think people do this because it is all the know and they did this when they were little so it is all the have known all there lives. Now people will do almost anything for money, even kill.

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I think that people could turn against each other from their past. In the situation Tessie could've been hated because she was related to Mr.Summers and people probably don't like Mr.summers because he starts this tradition in town. Others might be used to this and known to do this since they were kids.

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They turn against each other because it is what thy are aught is right to do, and are probably scared of the consequences of not helping in the stoning. A real-world example would be when Hitler threatened everyone to help him in his movement to rid of all Jews, or get killed. Everyone that believed that the Jews shouldn't have been tortured was killed with the Jews.

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I think that people do this because that's what they know. This is a regular task for them. This is what they learned as kid. It's just something you have to do. Or they might be afraid of something that might happen to them if they don't do it. The mayor might of threatened them if they don't do it. So, they are left with having to kill the person. People turn against each other all the time. Sometimes its for no reason at all but other times there are reasons.

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I personally think it is not  up to them .  It's up to the mayor because a ritual made a long time ago isnt going to know how much population there is going to be . I dont think people are against each other because they want to . They are getting brainwashed by the mayor and he is dictating them . An example of turning on someone is you have a friend you dont know they 're Muslim and you dont be friends and you call them a terorist and make rumors about them that arent true " ( Extreme rumors)

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I think they turn against one another because they have been doing this since they were kids, so everyone thinks its normal. A real world example is when everyone is doing one thing and then another person does something different, a lot of people gang up on that one person and turn against them.

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I think that people take part in the lottery because it is tradition and/or because the mayor says to. I think that they turn against each other because they might be mad at someone or because they don't want to be the ones that die. Perhaps it is out of fear. Perhaps it isn't out of fear but rather they are forced to betray one another because of the lottery rules. Some real world examples would be the situation with Hitler and Nazi Germany. People would turn against each other in order not to die themselves at the hand of Hitler and the Nazis so they had to betray the people who didn't like them. Some Germans were afraid of Hitler and knew what he was doing was wrong and for using opposing actions against Hitler, they were either betrayed by other Germans or they were killed.

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In The Lottery, think about what causes the townspeople to be willing to take part in the lottery and turn against one another? What are some real-world examples that illustrate how humans may turn against one another when someone or something dictates what they are supposed to do? Use your own experiences, other literature, art, or events history in your answer.