The Lottery and Mr. Summer
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Traditions Traditions have existed in every society and they have been upheld by the members who worshiped them. Traditions are deeply rooted in culture to the extent that they carry the identity of the society. This case of traditions expressing identity is explained below in the selected texts.
In Achebe’s text the “Dead Men Path”, a young headmaster called Mr. Obi wanted to change the traditions of the community around. He closed the path that traversed the school compound as the villagers believed that the path was used by dead people and children that were born. This path connected the shrine and the burial site. They believed that the ancestors were departed by it and visited them by it ,as the village priest explained it to Mr. Obi, the new headmaster at Nduma secondary school. Obi quotes, “That was some time ago. But it will not be used now” refereeing to the path (Achebe 10). Mr. Obi wanted progress in this school. He wanted to make some changes, so he planted flowers in the compound by help of his wife Nancy. He closed the path by use of sticks and thorns. After about two days, a young man died and after consulting the diviner, the diviner advised for heavy sacrifice to appease the ancestors for insults by erecting a fence. The fence, flowers and one building was destroyed (Achebe 11). All the actions depicted here were desperate moves to save and conserve the culture, the main identity. In Jackson’s texts, “The Lottery”, there was a situation that was observed during the whole story. It was the lottery. Meanwhile, there were dances, Halloween program and teens clubs in lottery. The lottery was conducted by Mr. Summer. There was black box at the square dance placed on stool and Mr. Summer suggested citizens to make a new one. However people hesitated doing that since they believed that it was made from the wood of the original box that was constructed long before of settlement of village there. Thus, they did
Instructor:
Course name:
Date:
Traditions Traditions have existed in every society and they have been upheld by the members who worshiped them. Traditions are deeply rooted in culture to the extent that they carry the identity of the society. This case of traditions expressing identity is explained below in the selected texts.
In Achebe’s text the “Dead Men Path”, a young headmaster called Mr. Obi wanted to change the traditions of the community around. He closed the path that traversed the school compound as the villagers believed that the path was used by dead people and children that were born. This path connected the shrine and the burial site. They believed that the ancestors were departed by it and visited them by it ,as the village priest explained it to Mr. Obi, the new headmaster at Nduma secondary school. Obi quotes, “That was some time ago. But it will not be used now” refereeing to the path (Achebe 10). Mr. Obi wanted progress in this school. He wanted to make some changes, so he planted flowers in the compound by help of his wife Nancy. He closed the path by use of sticks and thorns. After about two days, a young man died and after consulting the diviner, the diviner advised for heavy sacrifice to appease the ancestors for insults by erecting a fence. The fence, flowers and one building was destroyed (Achebe 11). All the actions depicted here were desperate moves to save and conserve the culture, the main identity. In Jackson’s texts, “The Lottery”, there was a situation that was observed during the whole story. It was the lottery. Meanwhile, there were dances, Halloween program and teens clubs in lottery. The lottery was conducted by Mr. Summer. There was black box at the square dance placed on stool and Mr. Summer suggested citizens to make a new one. However people hesitated doing that since they believed that it was made from the wood of the original box that was constructed long before of settlement of village there. Thus, they did