Comparison between Possibility of Evil and The Lottery

        In The Possibility of Evil and The Lottery they both have the sense that they need to carry on the tradition. In The Possibility of Evil Miss. Strangeworth has to keep the roses alive, and keep the town sweet and peaceful like her grandpa built it. In The Lottery, it is a tradition to have a lottery ever year and who ever wins is stoned to death. Mrs. Hutchinson tries to complain but know one listens because they just follow along with the tradition. Both stories also have the idea that whats seems to be good may not always be good. Miss. Strangworth is always sweet and seems innocent, but she mails the nasty mean letters to people. You may think you want to win the lottery, but if you win it in this story you are stoned to death. The two stories both have the same kind of idea how good things might not turn out to be that good.