... well written introduction, this is what i have so far. Any advice would be very much appreciated!

The theme of the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson shows that tradition is not always beneficial, and sometimes needs to be updated to retrofit the wants and needs of the villager’s. The villager’s inability to make changes to their cruel tradition, tells the reader that they have plateaued as a society. As traditions are passed down from generation to generation, things are lost in translation and are not the same as they once used to be. When seeing things from someone else’s mindset; perspectives change