Dont copy or paste i need and a im failing 1. two of the short stories you read this semester are “the story of an hour” and “the lottery.” choose one of these stories. state its theme in a complete sentence. then briefly explain why it is a valid theme of the story.

The theme of The Lottery is that blindly following tradition can be dangerous. This story explores the concept of unquestioningly following past ways and not asking the reason behind doing things. We see that this ignorance eventually leads to the loss of life, and for seemingly no purpose.

"to gaurd against " is correct answer