... presumably everyone subordinated personal feelings to the social demands of the ritual. It is also a woman, Mrs. Adams, who presents the story's most significant challenge to the lottery. When at one point her husband Mr. Adams remarks that over in the North village they're talking of giving up the lottery, Old Man Warner gives vent to a tirade on the folly of departing from what has always ... Literature, Vol. XV, No. 2, Fall, 1988, pp. 259-65. Reproduced by permission. Summary: Fritz Oehlschlaeger articulates the deeper rooted meaning within the story. He doesn't criticize the story bu...

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