As i began reading I wondered right away, "what kind of lottery is this?" What kind of lottery lets kids participate and what kind of lottery involves stones? The author seams to empasize the pile of stones a lot. The air seams heavy throughout the beginning. The nevousness before the lottery seams like they're waiting for something bad to happen, instead of good. When Bill got the slip of paper, Tessie was enraged. The lottery most not be good after all.
It doesn't surprise me that Tessie was the one that ended up winning the lottery and getting stoned. At the beginning of the story she already stood out by being late. It might be fate that she was the one to get stoned. Her personality seamed rude compared to the other wives who arrived on time.
"Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon," is a quote used. I wonder if the lottery is a sacrafice to have good crops. The town was talking down on the surrounding areas that have givin up the lottery. Maybe they think they won't have a good crop like they will. Why else would the town decide to kill somebody at random?
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