"The Lottery"

In the story, " The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, the people of the town all meet together for a ritual.
I think that people can do these rituals year to year because people fear change. Because people do not like change, they keep things the same to avoid scaring people. Also, the older people seem to have more say in the actions and 'rituals' of a society. I would have to say that rituals that people do have nowadays would be like children saying "the pledge of allegance" and those such things. People do not seem to care about the difference between right and wrong these days so people do what the majority does so they aren't considered different, weird, or abnormal.
Rituals are a faded thing, but in some societies and some types of settings, these rituals are still practiced.