The Importance Of Leadership In The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

Leadership describes a characteristic that often helps others that need guidance. A true leader exemplifies strong initiative and notably different from others. A leader starts something new for people to try out instead of old traditions. Being a good leader helps prevent bad things from happening. If a person conducts themselves as a follower that person places themselves at risk of participating in the wrong thing. Followers cause harm to many people in Shirley Jackson’s “Lottery”, the villagers follow their leaders by practicing the same old traditions that cause harm or even death. People need leaders instead of followers. Followers potentially get hurt by following the wrong leadership.

Following in others footsteps may constitute the wrong thing to do. Being a leader and leading others to go the right way often keeps people out of harm’s way. People in the village found out that “Some other villages have already quit lotteries.” (Jackson). This means that the village makes a decision about if they want to end the lottery or not. Maintaining your own personal traits keeps i...