f maturing powers crearly shows that he is
the order in the village. Who control the town, then also control the lottery. " The lottery was
conducted – as were the square dance, the teenage club, the Halloween program – by
Mr.Summers". It is no coincidence that the lottery takes place in the village square " between
the post-office and the bank' – two buildings which represent government and finance, the
institutions from which Summers and others, who at the top of social ladder, drive their power.
Old Man Warner , the oldest townsman, who remember
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