The Lottery Conflict

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During a warm sunny summer day in a small town, it was lottery day. Every year there is lottery winner the town hosts. The children were collecting rocks while the husband and wives were together. Throughout the country, they were tombstones with the date June 6th on them. On June 27th the lottery begins. mrs. summer had the black box ready with the names of the townspeople. They were all waiting nervous and anxious. Everyone got the papers and the Hutchinson family was chosen. People in the town thought it was father bill but it was Tessie Hutchinson and she was declared the winner. As the townspeople gathered around Tessie they stoned her to death while her parents watched her die. Mrs. Hutchinson was screaming in terror watching it happen …show more content…

The narrator observes and reports in a seemingly and neutral way.throughout the story, the ns=arroater doesn't explain the thoughts and feelings of the character but explains the process of the lottery occurring.

Conflict The main conflict of the story is drawing to find out the “winner” of the lottery. Human vs society is a type of conflict in the story. Members in the town who don't believe in the lottery and dont follow the tradition and battling against society

Theme There were many themes throughout the lottery. One theme was tradition and customs. In the story they explain how villagers in a small town celebrate the lottery has if it was celebration yearly. Noone in the town knows why it happened or started but they still follow the tradition as a ritual don't dare going against it.

Why continue the ritual? What was the lottery originally for?
The townspeople were taught to do this every year even when they were kids. They continue to participate because it's a tradition in the town that's always been going on.

What has/hasn’t changed about the …show more content…

The kids gather around the square town to collect stones and placed them in their pockets. While the kids were doing it it seems like a regular thing to do but the truth revealed at the end for the purpose of them

Irony
An example of irony in the lottery was the title. A lottery is normally thought of as something great since it typically includes winning something, for example, cash or prizes. In this lottery, it isn't what they win however it is what is lost or the opposite as the reader thinks they win the lottery but towards the end finds out it's not. Point of views, circumstances, and the title are all ironic to the story "The Lottery."

Morals and Ethics
"The Lottery", human ethics and morals are discarded for the pride of winning something. Would it be that they truly win? When you win the lottery in this story, you really win demise by stoning. Isn't that amusing, individuals really being focused and getting amped up for death out in the open for the townspeople to

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