Part one of term paper
In “The Lottery,â€� Shirley Jackson shows that times change and that people, sometimes, get trapped in tradition, forgetting to update their rituals to make them apply to their present lives. She uses Old Man Warner as a symbol of tradition that will not change. The black box with paper slips and the “lostâ€� “original paraphernaliaâ ...

Part two of term paper
... out. Old Man Warner symbolizes tradition and does not agree with change because he has been through the lottery seventy-seven times. His comments “Nothing but trouble in that� and “Pack of young fools,� After Mr. Adams said that the north village was talking about giving up the lottery, show that Old Man Warner did not approve of change and was comfortable with the way things were then. The “original paraphernalia� is stated to have been lost and replaced by the black box they used ...