Visualize winning the lottery. Maybe it is a tradition that is done in some sort of way in your family or town. In the short story “The Lottery” the tradition in this small town is not quite as it seems. The two characters I’m about to specify personifies the tradition of this lottery. The first character in this short story that personifies the tradition is a man named Old Man Warner. Old Man Warner is a 77 year old man that has been in the lottery 77 times. When I glance at the name “Warner”, it emulates the word “warning” that tends to grab my attention as a reader. Besides that, in this short story the old man calls the people a pack of crazy/young fools. The reason behind calling them crazy/young fools is because he is a mundane person