“The Lottery” Shirley Jackson
“The Lottery” Shirley Jackson
In a black, worn box they place all the names of the community Once all the names are placed inside, Mr Summers draws a name After the name is chosen, this
Summers officiates at big local events, such as the Halloween festival and the lottery Mr Summers is orderly, methodical, and fair, attributes that impart a The lottery is led by a Mr Summers, who has an old black box Inside the black box, slips of paper have been inserted, all of them blank apart from one The
national lottery prize money Then Mr Summers, the organizer and master of ceremonies for this town's lottery, is introduced It is suggested that he occupies his role Bill Hutchinson gets the marked slip, meaning that his family has been chosen His wife Tessie protests that Mr Summers rushed him through the