The Lottery 

5. (a) Mr. Summer's attitude toward the ritual stoning seem to be without sympathy. He is accustomed to this ritual due to the fact that he has been the one leading it in the previous years. He holds a significant amount of power in the village and has the most control. His attitude toward the ritual is impersonal.
(b) Old Man Warner supports the rituals. His reaction to Mr. Adams speaking of villages in the north contemplating on giving up the ritual reveals that Old Man Warner's attitude toward the ritual is encouraging. "'Some places have already quit lotteries," Mrs. Adams said. "Nothing but trouble in that," Old Man Warner said stoutly. "Pack of young fools.'" Old Man Warner has participated in 77 lotteries and believes in keeping things the way they are. He accepts the way things are without question because that's the way it's always been.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Adams seem to hold the same attitude as most people in the village. They participate without questioning it. Their opinion toward the lottery is not much stated. "They do say," Mr. Adams said to Old Man Warner, who stood next to him, "that over in the north village they're talking of giving up the lottery." This slightly hints at Mr. Adams wondering about something beyond the village.
(d) Mrs. Hutchinson's attitude toward the lottery is that is it unfair. "'It wasn't fair,'" Tessie said." She already appears to stand out from the crowd before the lottery, because of the fact that she arrives late.
(e) The villager's attitude toward the lottery is serious. Everyone except Mrs. Hutchinson arrives on time which indicates that they take it very seriously.
- Mrs. Hutchinson's attitude most closely reflects the point of the story, because she's the only one who seems to display any opposition against it. The story expresses the dangers of blindly following a tradition, and Mrs. Hutchinson, an innocent civilian was killed because of it.

6. The story reveals that it is human nature to sometimes follow a tradition, or believe certain things without questioning it. People have authority figures tell them what's true and not true, and some will just believe it without question. The mindset that "that's the way things have always been" is very dangerous because it closes all the doors to questioning a tradition.

8. "Be a good sport, Tessie," Mrs. Delacroix called, and Mrs. Graves said, "All of us took the same chance."
     "Shut up, Tessie," Bill Hutchinson said.
The fact that Mrs. Hutchinson's friends and her own husband don't seem to show any emotional reaction toward her fear and fate shows that the story is presented in an objective standpoint. The story does not get into any of the character's thoughts, and it is told in a narrating voice outside the story.


A Rose For Emily

1. A clear chronology of the story would indicate the orders of the different sections being, 2, 3, 4, 1, 5.

2. Emily Grierson is described as