In this short story by The lottery is about a village that everyone gathers for a lottery each year. They collect stones and gather around to talk to each other in the middle of the town. The villagers talk to each other and talk about the lottery. Mr. Summer's gets to the town with a black box and a three legged …show more content…
In the article “The Lottery,” the author specifies “-even though he runs a coal business and [has] time and
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energy to devote to civic activities(like the square dances, the teen club, the halloween program, and of course, the lottery)”(4).
His assistant Mr. Graves, is meaning the “bringer of death.” He is the assistant of Mr. Summers along with him in the lottery telling people to put there
hands in the black box. Mr. Graves portrays death as in this article by: “Cummingsstudyguide.” Mr. Graves is the bringer of death.”
Tessie Hutchinson on the other hand is the main person who is picked in the story the lottery. She had the marked piece of paper. When she realized it was her she started to scream and freak out. Stated by “Shmoop Ed,” “She is the the sacrificial “lamb” for that year, an outsider that the village then violently excludes.”
An object in the lottery that really stood out was the black box that was used to hold the slips of paper. It was symbolized as the origin of the first lottery ever to be held in the village. In “The Lottery,””No one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box. Explaining Brighthubeducation,” this box is a symbol for those in the town because it is one of the only connections to the origin of the