The Lottery

1.       No, I remember Krueger talking about this and some of the younger kids. The foreshadowing could be how specific he was with the rocks, and how strict the parents seen. He lulls us with how happy and joyful they seem.

2.       In a small village in the past, this would never happen in a big town, or in modern day. Less likely. I would not think a happy little village would attack on of their own like that,

3.        They all show the individuality of humans, they all have their own families and lives. Tessie was loud, and wanted to change the traditions that they have stuck with for a long time.

4.       The beginning shows a happy village, and then it turns out to have this awful and sad tradition. We think of a lottery as a good thing that you want to win, but they have it being an awful, and painful stoning.

5.        

a.       Delacroix- they pronounce his name wrong (the cross) this symbolizes religious turmoil in their village

b.      Graves- this shows that someone will die.

c.       Summers- this is happening in summer. Summer brings life, but he takes one away

d.      Bentham-

e.      Hutchinson- supposed to refer to Anne Hutchinson- she stood up against bad things

f.        Warner- he doesn’t want the lottery to change even though he saw all the bad that it caused

g.       Martin-

7.  the box is battered because it has been used for generations and is a normal part of their lives, I think it means that they should give it up and move on. The black dot means bad luck to the one who picks it. The stones symbolize death

8. I don’t think she likes it, she seems to make it seem cruel, and wants them to change.

9. Old fashioned laws that people are too stubborn to change.

10. The Holocaust, they were hated for no real meaning.

The Lottery shows that humans stick to traditions. We think of them as safety, and that they will help us. Many people are afraid to give up our old traditions, even if they hinder our daily life. People who try to change our views on our old traditions are singled out and through badly upon. Humans will blindly follow what worked for those before them; they don’t stop to think that there may be a better, safer, or less harmful way to get the same result. This also shows that we don’t really care about violence as long as it is tradition. We still like watching shows, and games, with physical interaction and harm. Many of humans even like to watch professional fighting. The majority of humans take some interest in violence, we may not all outright like it, but violence comes in many ways, and we all use it in some way. In many ways we feel that violence will be the best way to solve any problem that we might have. Our culture involves violence. That is the way we currently are and we have to change if we want to better our society as a whole. Humans think that violence is okay because it is tradition, but we have to take the first step and go against tradition; even if this can get us looked down upon by others around us.