What message/commentary does the story relate concerning the maintenance of tradition?

Answer the following questions, and support your answer by quoting one line or one sentence from the text of the story at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery
Fiction
June 26, 1948 Issue
The Lottery
By Shirley Jackson

June 18, 1948
Published in the print edition of the June 26, 1948, issue.

5) What message/commentary does the story relate concerning the maintenance of tradition? (5 sentences minimum, including quote of one sentence from the textual story) [Hint: consider the dialog of Old Man Warner and how it is received)

6) What message/ commentary does the story relate about group dynamics and/or social(peer) pressure? (5 sentences minimum, including quote of one sentence from the textual story) [Hint: consider the words/actions of Bill Hutchinson]

7) What message/commentary does the story relate about human psychology or psychological tendencies? (5 sentences minimum, including quote of one sentence from the textual story) [Hint: Consider the changes in Tessie Hutchinson’s attitude toward the lottery]

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