There are some things we as a society will do without ever asking ourselves why, such as wishing for a shooting star to bring good luck. Why do we do this? Nobody really has an answer, we just do. Traditions are something that is passed on from generation to generation, even if we have no support for what we do, we only know that it is "good" and that it is "tradition", so it is part of us. Shirley Jackson makes fun of our way of blindly following certain traditions. The characteristics of Jackson's story create a parallel with Catholicism, insisting on our fear of change but our ability to manipulate what we want from our traditions and based on Catholicism's belief in the innocence of children. Jackson uses friendly language among the villagers and in the presentation of the lottery to illustrate the lottery as an event similar to square dances, Halloween programs, or any other welcome holiday event (Jackson 365). This type of speech does not prepare the reader for the terrible ending, the reader might think that the winner is receiving a prize or something and it is not said at the very end that the reader realizes that the winner's prize is death by of his own friends. and family. Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" was written to create an intentional parallel with Catholicism by encouraging us to open our eyes and question our blind faith to follow traditions. Shirley Jackson's characters, no matter how violent their tradition, refuse to break free from it. , for this reason Jackson is bringing out society's fear of change. This fear of change is seen primarily through Old Man Warner. He has seen more than seventy-seven lotteries and believes that without one of them everything will be different. When someone says that that other vill... middle of paper ......acted out of tradition and superstitious faith. Shirley Jackson wrote this story to make us ask why. No doubt the members of the village brutally stone one of their comrades to death. Why does society follow things with such blind faith. Blind faith is exactly what all of his characters do in “The Lottery.” Blind faith is what Catholics have when it comes to Jesus. Things like “The Lottery” and in Catholicism are based on your faith in what will happen. The “Lottery” perhaps for the heaviest crops in June (Jackson 368). But Shirley Jackson is forcing us to open our eyes, things may not have a brutal ending, but if they have no rhyme or reason what is our reason to believe them? Jackson reveals society's naïve way of never asking questions, but satirizes our abilities to discourage change and yet accept changes to long-standing traditions.