The Lottery

"The Lottery" is about a small town. It is believed in this small town that each year there must be something held that they call the lottery. The lottery is held to ensure a good crop year. Their ancestors have done it for centuries, and they continue to do it despite the fact that they no longer find it needed.
Our theme ties in with this story because they no longer believe it necessary to hold the lottery, although they still do it because it had been done in previous times. This has to do with culture because that is mostly what culture is. It is doing something based not only on what you believe, but also doing it because others before you have.