Tradition is a response to the way people live their lives. For many, it is a social norm how they have lived culturally for several generations. Despite the importance of tradition in many societies, it can still be very harmful to the people involved. Tradition does not necessarily have to have a positive feature for many people. In the end, tradition may cause more harm than it is intended to do good. Therefore it is really important to change the traditional values ​​of communities to improve the quality of life of many people. In the stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez tradition can prove to be very subduing, that is, preventing people from making any changes to end harmful traditional practices. Also note that the act of change simply does not end within two weeks. The act of changing tradition is a long process that will produce positive results for everyone, but for many it is too painful to deal with adequately. Putting an end to tradition is a slow process. It can also cause damage in the process. As seen in the story “The Lottery,” the villagers briefly confront other villages that have stopped their practices altogether. The villagers refuse to change even though other nearby villages do too. For them, the lottery tradition is a social norm that cannot be changed. It is one of the few things familiar to their village that has been with them for a long time, even when "the original paraphernalia had long been lost", the villagers still continue to follow the tradition of choosing a victim and stoning him to death (Jackson). In their minds this traditional practice is completely normal, right and for the most part...... paper ...... inserted into society from the beginning, like the story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. Familiarity is very comforting to humans which is very difficult to give up, since traditional practices are something that people are also very familiar with. Unfamiliarity is a very scary experience for anyone and can be extremely overwhelming for the people involved because they don't know a single thing that is currently happening around them, things that are not in their control. Subjugated people are also very difficult to deal with when attempting to change society as the people themselves are key to changing traditional practices that could cause great harm, which in itself was explicitly evident in “The Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez. Ultimately tradition is very hard and difficult to change because of the harmful and terrifying obstacles it brings.