... does and will be done quickly. And just like Mr. Summers, Tessie Hutchinson fails to be on time. She shows up late and wonders her way through the crowd making jokes about the fact. It is showing again that there is no real seriousness to the tradition of The Lottery anymore. To make the point, "Mrs. Hutchinson came hurriedly along ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... her death. Her fate was upon her from the beginning according to Jackson. She shows up late to the meeting joking with the women and Mr. Summers. All of her jokes turned into pleas and accusations once she drew out the specified "death" paper. She made such accusations that it "wasn't fair" (82) and that Mr. Summers "didn't give him time ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School