... Summers, the man who leads the lottery drawing, is a character who is afraid to break from tradition. He speaks frequently to the villagers about making a new box for the annual lottery. This shows that Mr.Summers wants to break from the old tradition, but is afraid of the consequences of change. He is reluctant to ... in these old traditions do not think rationally. In the story the old black wooden box is used to show that the lottery is old and ugly. The author describes the old black box as growing shabbier every year. The box was old, no longer completely black, splintered, and in s...

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... of the village still keep every part of the tradition they can even if some of it is a hassle and does not make sense. "The Black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born."" The townspeople refuse to get ... a new black box to hold the lottery out of even though the original one is falling apart because they do not want to disturb or change the process of the ancient ... Summers said, "Some of you fellows want to give me a hand?- there was a hesitation before two men came forward to hold he box steady on the stool.""...

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... other village talk of giving up the lottery, he says: "Pack of crazy fools. Listening to the young folks, nothing`s good enough for them." (S. Jackson, New Yorker, 1948, p. 5) He represents those villagers who are convinced that the lottery has a special meaning concerning the fertility and harvest. There used to be one ... saying which claimed: "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon." (S. Jackson, New Yorker, 1948, p. 5) The fact is that people already forgot the original purpose of this ritual but in spite of that they still keep on practising it ... which had been used in the lottery f...

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Several years back, there was a small village in New England where the people believed in a mysterious superstition. Every year, the people used to hold a lottery to please the Gods so they could eat a good harvest. This ... and took his place between his father and his oldest brother"(29). The male dominance in the village is moreover emphasized in the scene where Janey approaches the black box to pick the ticket on behalf of her husband, Mr. Clyde Dunbar. Janey was stopped by Mr. Summers and asked whether there was a grown up boy to ... lottery was finally conducted, the ticket with the bla...

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