The citizens of a small rural town met together in the square on June 27 for the town lottery. In contrast with other cities, the lottery takes only two hours since there were approximately just 300 people. The children, just finished their school responsibilities and are enjoying summer. Men and after them women gather. Families collect their members and stand together.Mr. Summers is responsible to run the lottery since he has the time to contribute to the village social events. He makes his appearance in the square with Mr. Graves, the postmaster. He is carrying a black box which has a long story behind it since it is not the original one. The original box used for the lottery was lost many years ago, even before Old Man Warner, was born who is the eldest in the
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Summer mixed up the slips of paper in the box which were already prepared and safely locked up in the box at his coal company the night before. In order for the lottery to begin, they create a list of all the families and households in the village. Suddenly Tessie Hutchinson joins the mob at the last minute because she had forgot the lottery was today. While people comment on her late arrival Summers asks if anyone is absent, and finds out that Dunbar isn’t there so Mrs. Dunbar pops up and claims that she will pick a paper in his place since she doesn’t have a son who’s old enough to do it for her. After Mr. Summers makes sure that Old Man Warner is there too and then reminds everyone about the lottery’s rules. No one is allowed to look at the paper until everyone has finished drawing. At some point during the lottery Mr. Adams mentioned to Old Man Warner that people in the north village might stop the lottery, and Old Man Warner talks with sarcasm for the younger generations. He says that giving up the lottery could lead to a return to living in caves and it can only bring trouble. When they finished calling names, everyone opened their papers and the word was spread quickly that Bill Hutchinson
Summer mixed up the slips of paper in the box which were already prepared and safely locked up in the box at his coal company the night before. In order for the lottery to begin, they create a list of all the families and households in the village. Suddenly Tessie Hutchinson joins the mob at the last minute because she had forgot the lottery was today. While people comment on her late arrival Summers asks if anyone is absent, and finds out that Dunbar isn’t there so Mrs. Dunbar pops up and claims that she will pick a paper in his place since she doesn’t have a son who’s old enough to do it for her. After Mr. Summers makes sure that Old Man Warner is there too and then reminds everyone about the lottery’s rules. No one is allowed to look at the paper until everyone has finished drawing. At some point during the lottery Mr. Adams mentioned to Old Man Warner that people in the north village might stop the lottery, and Old Man Warner talks with sarcasm for the younger generations. He says that giving up the lottery could lead to a return to living in caves and it can only bring trouble. When they finished calling names, everyone opened their papers and the word was spread quickly that Bill Hutchinson