What would be a good thesis statement for "The Lottery"?

One thesis statement for "The Lottery" could be a declarative sentence about the atavistic propensity for violence that still lies in the nature of man, along with a blind adherence to tradition, an adherence that Emerson termed "the opium of custom."

That there is yet a proclivity for violence in the boys is evinced in their excited gathering of stones and placing of certain ones into their pockets in the exposition of the story. Bobby Jones,...

One thesis statement for "The Lottery" could be a declarative sentence about the atavistic propensity for violence that still lies in the nature of man, along with a blind adherence to tradition, an adherence that Emerson termed "the opium of custom."

That there is yet a proclivity for violence in the boys is evinced in their excited gathering of stones and placing of certain ones into their pockets in the exposition of the story. Bobby Jones, Harry Jones, and Dickie Delacroix make a massive pile of rocks and guard it against raiders so that they will have them available when they need more during the stoning. The fathers, who stand around quietly talking and joking, make no comment to the boys about their actions.

When Tessie Hutchinson's name is called, no one expresses any sympathy or tries to have her excused from the proceedings. Instead, the woman who has just finished a friendly conversation with Tessie, Mrs. Delacroix, now tells her to "be a good sport, Tessie." Another woman, Mrs. Graves—the wife of the postmaster, who helps with the procedure—says unsympathetically, "All of us took the same chance. Even Tessie's husband scolds her, "shut up." This complicit behavior of the community with the proceedings of the lottery suggests that no one empathizes with Tessie, nor does anyone demonstrate sympathy for her plight and protest the violent death Tessie faces. Moreover, when the stoning begins, Mrs. Delacroix, who has been friendly with Tessie, has a stone "so large she had to pick it up with both hands." She turns to another woman, saying, "Come on. . . . Hurry up," apparently eager to inflict violence on her neighbor.