The_Lotto

The Lotto Scott Croneberger Analyze the ritual described in this story. Of what significance is it that many of the customs formerly associated with this ritual have been forgotten' Why is Old Man Warner such a key character' What do you think the author is saying here about human nature' Social structures' Community standards' Family values' Beliefs' Men, women, and small children separate into their groups like holy rollers on Sunday after Mass. Much like any other community these people gossiped, and spoke of taxes like any normal human being would. In reading this story, the reader may want to disassociate him or herself with the notion that humans could possibly be so cold; that they could be so robotic in their motions through this world that they are not sure what is going on anymore. "Just doing our job" is the common response. A small community hell bent on ritual murder; they aren't really sure why they do it but they know that they must continue doing so. The customs set out by the village's forefathers have been long forgotten, all but the carnage at the end. It is very important to start the lottery, change, box, warner, community, black, winner, tradition, symbolizes, story, ritual, rather, one, old, murder, mr, life, idea, human, death, christ, without, way, village, very, ulcers, town, symbolic, sure, stress, soldiers, social, small, reading, passing