The Lottery

The first thing that struck me as weird was the little boys collecting stones at the beginning of the story. I didn't notice until after I read the story that this was foreshadowing. "they smiled more than they laughed", yes phrase is also eerie because it shows how the men of the town are all preoccupied with other things on their mind. They are worried about something. Old Man Warner encouraged them to go through with the lottery. Nobody outright rejected it. They all just went through the motions, almost like robots. It stuck out to me towards the end when Mrs. Hutchinson was chosen, her family was not upset. In fact, her son was given some rocks to assist the others in murdering his mom. Also, when she was chosen, she exclaimed how unfair it was because her daughters were not involved in the draw. It was disturbing how unfeeling the people are in this story.