Characters
This character "wins" the The Lottery.
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?
This object holds the slips of paper during the lottery.
What is the black box?
This is the reason the villagers continue the lottery despites its violent nature
What is tradition?
This battered object holds the slips & symbolizes a reluctance to let go of outdated customs.
What is the black box?
What was the publics reaction to The Lotterys publishing?
What is outrage (canceling magazine subscriptions).
This character conducts the annual lottery.
Who is Mr. Summers?
This shape marks the "winning" slip in the lottery.
What is a black dot?
In the lottery, this aspect of society is reinforced by only men drawing slips.
What are gender roles?
What does Old Man Warner symbolize in the story?
What is the voice of tradition and the resistance to change?
This magazine first published The Lottery.
What is The New Yorker.
This character is the oldest man in town and strongly supports the lottery.
Who is Old Man Warner?
What do the children gather in the square before the lottery begins?
What are stones?
Individuals may be pressured to ignore this in favor of community norms.
What is personal morality/right and wrong?
What do the children gathering stones symbolize in the story?
What is the indoctrination of children?
During what historical period was The Lottery written?
What is the Cold War era.
This character is the "winners" husband.
Who is Bill Hutchison
What does Tessie Hutchinson cry out as the villagers close in on her?
What is "It isn’t fair"?
What theme is illustrated by the winners protest against the lottery?
What is moral inconsistency
What do the stones symbolize in "The Lottery"?
What is the violence and brutality of the community's tradition
The Lottery critques this type of socail mindset.
What is conformity (specfically too traditional American values)
These 2 characters are the winners children
Who is Don and Eva Hutchinson
What does Old Man Warner say to justify the continuation of the lottery?
What is "it's always been done"?
What theme is highlighted by the villagers' willingness to commit an act of violence against one of their own?
What is the normalization of violence in society?
What does the sunny, pleasant setting symbolize in contrast to the lottery?
What is the facade of normalcy
What aspect of the cold war mentatilty did The Lottery aim to challenge?
What is social conformity/authoritarianism?