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tinh1ha
tinh1ha
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High School - 10th Grade

Discuss the significance of the characters's names: Old Man Warner, Mr. Graves, Mr. Summers, Mrs. Hutchingson, and Mrs. Delacroix.

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Posted by tinh1ha on Wednesday September 16, 2009 at 8:19 PM and tagged with characters, the lottery.

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  1. kkosach
    kkosach Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

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    Old Man Warner  has been in the lottery seventy-seven times.  He is the oldest person in the village, which shows that tradition is not broken, be it good or bad.  His existence is a WARNing of the evils of bad traditions.  Mr. GRAVEs is exactly that - this year, someone else is going to die in the lottery.  Mr. Summers represents that the tradition continues from one season to the next uninterrupted.  Many SUMMERS have  passed since the lottery began, and many more will continue to pass.  Mrs. Hutchinson is the only voice against the lottery, but I don't know about any specific symbolism in her name.  Mrs. Delacroix's name means "of the cross."  Her name is a comment on how Christians act in certain ways in the name of Christ that might not always be the best choices.

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    Posted by kkosach on Wednesday September 16, 2009 at 9:30 PM