Because the villagers refused to reject their ghastly traditions, the lottery has been carried out for many years; although it’s been altered many times, it was never abandoned. Every year, the villagers conduct a lottery in which the winner is viciously stoned to death. While nervously drawing out ballots from the faded black ballot box, the villagers spoke amongst one another about lotteries in other towns. Old Man Warner, a disgruntled old fashioned man, exhibits the villager’s disinclination to change through his conversation with Mr. Adams, a local villager participating in the lottery. As Mr. Adams spoke calmly about other towns giving up the lottery, Old Man Warner retorted petulantly, “Listening to the young folks, nothing’s good enough