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Many things can be discovered about someone and their behavior by looking at their name. ... Growing seasons, planets, and animals are some examples of name roots. ... His name represents partly the old pagan fertility ritual because the harvest that is being sacrificed is being grown in the summer. This is supposedly, according to Old Man Warner, what the lottery held each year was all about. ... Summers would have more than likely accepted and backed the motion to cease the lottery and stop the sacrifice. Even though he conducted the lottery which someone was sacrificed, he is seen as one of the most innocent characters because of his “new” ideas and wishes for something better. ... Summers to be in position over the lottery . ... Graves symbolizes the sacrificial killing being caused by the lottery. ... It shows how the sacrifice and the lottery in itself is more important than the new ideas presented by Mr. ... He lets us know that there has “always been a lottery” (438). He is constantly warning the younger generation and their parents what will happen if they abolish the lottery.
Approximate Word count = 837
Approximate Pages = 3.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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