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Jackson 1 What Is the Lottery?
- All families are shown.
- But only one family is chosen.
- The town stones the chosen one.
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Jackson 1 What Is the Lottery?
- The lottery was conducted as were the square dances, the teen club, and the Halloween program by Mr. Summers.
- Mr. Summers calls each head of the household forward to a black wooden box, where each selects a slip of paper.
- Mr. Summers allows everyone to open the paper and see who has been selected.
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Jackson 2 What Is the Lottery?
- There are five people total in the Hutchinson family.
- Mr. Summers places five slips of paper into the box and each member of the family draws.
- Tess always drew the slip of paper with a big black dot in the center.
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Jackson 2 What Is the Lottery?
- Tess stands in the center of the crowd, saying that it isn't fair. Her own son has a few pebbles in hand. A stone hits her as Old Man Warner encourages the crowd.
- Tess screams as the villagers attack her.
- The black box grew shabbier each year.
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Jackson 2 What Is the Lottery?
- Now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color, and in some places faded or stained.
- There is always gonna be a lottery opening every year.
- People will continue to get stoned to death.
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