The point of view of tradition in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery is the normal annual meeting of the citizens. This gathering is held to choose, by drawing lots, who in the city will be stoned. “The people of the town began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o'clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery had taken two days and had started on June 26, but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, and the whole lottery lasted less than two hours, so it could start at ten in the morning and still have time for the villagers to return home for midday dinner." (Kennedy & Gioia, 2013, pp. 251). The fact that people get together and discuss issues daily before the lottery began indicates the blind tradition of selecting some to be stoned to death. The author also points out in her account that no one knew when or why the lottery began if she did not know Tessie Hutchinson. beginning she had no problem with the annual event. It wasn't until she “won” the lottery that she developed a biased or judgmental point of view. She protests against the lottery process and the city's methods: "It's not fair, it's not fair,” Ms. Hutchinson shouted, and then they were on top of her. (Kennedy & Gioia, 2013, pp. 256). The interpretation of stoning is that the city quantifies the motive for the murder to satisfy the harvest. The view of materialism in DH Lawrence's Rocking Horse Winner is that seen from inside the mind of the child in the story, Paul. "He went alone, vaguely, childishly, looking for the clue of 'fortune,' Absorbed, taking n...... middle of paper......ing horse, his desires not are never satisfied. In conclusion, in both stories it can be seen that both come to the sacrifice of the protagonist from different paths The Lottery is from the point of view of blind tradition and The Rocking Horse Winner is from the point of view of materialism. of the love of money. Although both stories are similar with sacrifice as the end result, the sacrifices are due to completely different circumstances. Tessie Hutchinson's sacrifice is to satisfy the harvest his mother's happiness, for the benefit of the individual. APA References: Kennedy, X.J., & Gioia, D. (2013). Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing (7 ed., pp. 234-245; pp. 250-256). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc.