The Lottery

Iron is also present in the fact that the people appear to be concerned about the women having to draw. In his way of thinking, giving up the lottery would be barbaric and a tradition of human cruelty by stoning a person to death is considered to be civilized. They stood together, away from the pile of stones. This a community lived with an evil tradition which created a great fear in everyone t

. , opened their paper and “both beamed and laughed, turning around to the crowd and holding their slips of paper above their heads” (278). The story itself seems to stop moving, and the suspense just rises. Hutchinson will play an important role in the lottery. Summers asked, “Don’t you have a grown boy to do it for you, Janey?” (275) However, when it comes time for the stoning, they show no concern that it is a woman about to be stoned. The Hutchinson’s reaction is to achieve the ironic effect intended by the author. In “The Lottery” the community is presented as a norm. The are described as gossiping as they would on any other day, although this is definitely not any other day. (273) The author has created a setting that portrays something exciting and something to be eagerly anticipated. ” These opinions play a very important role in the story and show that Mrs. Although she gives several hints of what the events to come, the ending is a great shock because we did not see any signs of violence and evil throughout the story until the end.