Lottery

In my opinion, the lottery is a symbol for conformity...... the act of conforming to something that isn't right simply because that's the way it's always been. The Lottery also speaks to hypocrisy.... complacency and inaction to atrocity, unless of course those atrocities touch your own family.... unless they get too close. Thus, I'd have to say that the author's message is strongly conveyed though the character of Tess, who stands complacent until her family is targeted. None-the-less, the "unfairness" is a fact, the tradition has always been unfair.