The Simpsons writers used a small story to create a chapter called the whacking day. In this stories they explain how a tradition without meaning is strange to a society and could ruin it.
The lottery is about a small town that made a lottery every year. The strange part is that a lottery will give the winner wealth and money but this lottery was different, the winner will be killed in tribute for having a good season.
The whacking day is about a tradition that Springfield has to honor the day that the founder discovered Springfield, the tradition says that the founder killed a snake when he discovered Springfield so the tradition is to kill snakes in this day.
This is two stories are really similar to each other because they both have a tradition that has no sense because of the time in which they are. The tradition lost its meaning long ago and they still use it.
The lottery is about a small town that made a lottery every year. The strange part is that a lottery will give the winner wealth and money but this lottery was different, the winner will be killed in tribute for having a good season.
The whacking day is about a tradition that Springfield has to honor the day that the founder discovered Springfield, the tradition says that the founder killed a snake when he discovered Springfield so the tradition is to kill snakes in this day.
This is two stories are really similar to each other because they both have a tradition that has no sense because of the time in which they are. The tradition lost its meaning long ago and they still use it.