The village is so accustomed to the lottery that few challenge the validity of it. There are those who discuss other villages discontinuing the tradition of the lottery, yet most oppose this idea. This can only be explained by the fact that since they have never known anything else, they are frightened by change. It is ironic that they fear change, in light of the fact that this change would eliminate the senseless deaths of its members.
Children are a prime example of how the tradition has desensitized the people in the village. Children do not fear or question the practice, and in fact continue to play near the sight of the stoning. They do not know of a time that this was not an event in their community, and they do not think anything of it.
The customs and traditions associated with the lottery are resistant to change, as well. The box in which the names are drawn is falling apart, yet when anyone makes a suggestion of replacing it, the subject is always dropped and forgotten. The people in the village do not want to deviate in any way from the traditions they know.
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