... are gathered in the center of the town talking about farming and taxes or into gossip. The date of the story is June twenty-seventh, which Helen E. Nebeker states in American Literature, has "symbolic overtones which alerts us to the season of the summer solstice with all its overtones of ancient ritual," (102). Jackson's description of the setting supports the theme of ... story are laden with meaning. The names of Summers, Graves, Warner, Delacroix and Hutchinson hint at the true nature of the characters. Mrs. Delacroix's name means of the cross in Latin; therefore hinting at Tessie's...

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