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hajihassa
hajihassa
Student
High School - 12th Grade

What essentially are the people in Jackson's story "The Lottery"? Are they evil?

Or are they very much like us?

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Posted by hajihassa on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 12:45 PM and tagged with characters, evil, the lottery.

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  1. renelane Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

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    This is a difficult question to answer in a concrete manner. The characters.seem to be entrenched in the system of tradition so fully, that few even question the lottery. Mr. Martin, Joe Summers, Old man Warner, Bill Hutchinson , and all seem to feel that to do away with the system will be the end of the village. Even though Mr. and Mrs. Adams question the tradition, they still participate. While some are truly evil, I would have to say that most do the lottery because it is a tradition, and that has always been what was done.

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    Posted by renelane on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 1:19 PM