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Brief Summary Of The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

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In this day in time people play the lottery hoping to win big. However this is not the case in the story “The Lottery.” This story tells about a small town of about 300 people that get together every year to have their lottery. Everybody meets in the town square and draws a piece of paper from a box. Once everyone draws they all open their papers together to see who has the dreadful black dot that was marked the night before. The person who “wins” will get stoned by the whole town to ensure good crops. Mrs. Hutchinson is the lady that was chosen to this year, and Mr. Summers is the one hosting it. Wouldn’t it change you if you won the lottery? The wife to Bill Hutchinson, or better known as Tessie showed up a little late to the lottery because
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