In the completely different contexts of the story The Lottery and the article The American Honor Killing, both cultures have crazy traditions that their people are expected to follow , no matter how inhumane or difficult they may be. In the small village of The Lottery, citizens are expected to randomly draw names and kill whoever is chosen, while in the Iraqi culture portrayed in the article An American Honor Killing, the Iraqi people are expected to live and hold to traditions and lifestyles. These completely different cultures show that tradition plays a very important role in society, but some traditions can be violent and outrageous. In The Lottery, inhumane and cruel traditions are the general plot of the story. Once a year, the city randomly chooses a person to sacrifice in a process known as a lottery. The 'winner' of the lottery could be anyone: all citizens of the city have the same chance of being drawn. The victor's friends and family immediately turn against him and instinctively lose all feelings of respect for the person and begin stoning him to death. Tradition is tradition and the lottery is all anyone has ever known. The city doesn't even realize that what they're doing is wrong and cruel - they just follow orders because they've always had a lottery and can't imagine life without a lottery. "'Some places have already abandoned lotteries.' Said Mr. Adams. "There's nothing but trouble in this," said old Warner firmly. 'Bunch of young fools'" (Jackson 4). wrong and unjust, this village refuses to move away from tradition so inhumane and violent it should be abandoned, but unfortunately no one sees it that way until... middle of paper ......The Lottery that is about sacrificing each year their friends and family for the sake of their harvest. Both traditions go to extremes, but Iraqi traditions do not always end in violence and death, unlike the tradition of The Lottery different cultures portrayed in the story The Lottery and in the article An American Honor Killing follow one another in outrageous and sometimes even inhumane rituals and lifestyles, just for the sake of carrying on the tradition. These traditions in the story and in the article range from stoning of a fellow villager to the prohibition of preventing Iraqi children from becoming part of American culture or having an American lifestyle. Even though some traditions are inhumane and unjust, the customs of different cultures play a huge role in society. Works Cited Jackson, Shirley. "The lottery." The lottery and other stories. New York: Farrar, 1991. 1-5 Print.