The Lottery Themes at a Glance. ... In "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson represents the notion of the scapegoat as someone who is blamed for the evils of a society and banished in order to expel sin and allow for renewal. ... The refusal of the townspeople to abandon tradition and question ...
Two examples would be: great depression and world war 2
Chameleons change their skin color to hide in their surrounding adaptation
In the emancipation Proclamation it said that if they did not see is there 1000,000,000 by January 1 that the proclamation would go into force