"The Lottery" starts in "the morning of June 27th. ... As Orbitz suggests, both stories' description of pleasant settings do not foreshadow the hideous endings that will follow (The Impact of a Setting). ... Adams tells him about other villages quitting the lottery, he angrily answers: "Pack of crazy fools. ... Hutchinson behaves when she is declared "winner" of the lottery. ... Maybe the most grotesque scene in "The Lottery" is when villagers are preparing to stone Mrs. ...

• Word Count: 1990
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School