2. A small town. It makes it all seem isolated and strange. It makes me anticipate the ending more.
3. All of them seem to have a role and act as if it is normal. She was the one who said it wasn't fair and then she becomes the winner.
4. Lottery is ironic because it usually is great to be the winner. Also it is ironic when Mrs. Hutchinson says it isn't fair for her husband and then she ends up drawing and winning the lottery.
5. Graves is the easiest one of the lot. It obviously points to death so it is a symbol. Another one is that the lottery is held in the summer and the official is named Summers.
7. The black box and spot symbolize death. Black is usually the color of death and the box being battered means that it has been around for a while which makes it tradition. Tradition is not something people like to get rid of.
8. She is using it as an analogy.
9. Certain religious groups.
10. War itself.
Lottery today is a way to win money and most people look at
it as a necessity. The lottery in the story tells us a lot more about human
nature. It tells that tradition is not easily let go. A man, named Warner from
the story, was the oldest in the town and he was telling everyone to hurry it
up and stone the woman quickly so he can go back home. This also says,
especially for today, how much the human race has grown to except violence.
Back in the 60’s, BBC started up a show and it soon got cancelled because it
was too violent. This show was later revived and 2005 and now we have TV shows
that are so violent that they get better ratings the more violent they are. The
Walking Dead (an amazing show) is one of these. The show is so violent that
people from the 60’s or earlier would never have green lit it to air on TV.
Since this story was written after World War II, I can see the point she was
trying to get across. Times have changed significantly and they are just going
to keep changing through time.
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