It is very metropolitan with shiny glass commercial buildings.
It is dusty and dry with the paint peeling off the houses.
It is in the sun with neat houses, green lawns, and flowers everywhere.
It is gloomy and cold looking with gray houses.
Quietly talk and joke
Cry and pray
Stay silent
Bet on who will be selected
Katherine Mansfield
Alice Walker
Shirley Jackson
William Faulkner
1935
1912
1948
1887
Just the young people.
Just the men.
Just the women.
Everyone in the community.
Brightly
Strangely
Briefly
Abundantly
Teasing the girls.
Gathering stones.
Bringing out the tools of the lottery.
Hiding out.
Feels hopeful that this town will also give it up.
Gets angry that people don't respect tradition.
Gets so upset that he walks out of the town.
Is surprised because he had no idea he what the lottery was.
"I'll get you for this!"
"I knew it! I knew it!"
"It isn't fair! It isn't right!"
"Come at me, bro!"
The youngest children in the house.
The oldest people in the town.
The male heads of households.
Boys who have just turned 12.
Hyperbole
Suspense
Euphemism
Foreshadowing
Motif
Theme
Foreshadowing
Suspense
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