"The Lottery" #5
There are many points of view regarding the lottery in the story, which causes the attitude of the story to be portrayed. Mr Summers' attitude is that he is in full support of the lottery. In fact, he wants to get a new box since the old one is obviously breaking(page 265). This shows he wants to continue the lottery. He has no intents of letting it end any time soon. Old Man Warner's attitude towards the lottery is that it is necessary, and he takes it very seriously. This is seen on page 270, when he is saying things are not the way they used to. He doesn't like change. Rather, he wants all of the lottery traditions to be upheld. He wants things to continue like they have been. Change could ultimately lead to the demise of their lottery tradition. Mr. and Mrs. Adams attitudes are that they are following blindly what others do. They are the ones who say that other communities are "talking of giving up the lottery"(page268). They have no opinion of this, except that if it is what others are doing they take interest. It seems that they are the ones who might be looking for change, but change in the sense of giving up the lottery. They want to do what everyone else does. They don't care about the lottery as much as others because the reaction of Old Man Warner to this information shows that he took it to heart while the Adams didn't. Mrs. Hutchinson's attitude is somewhat unclear. At first she agrees, but then she doesn't when her family is choosen. Lastly, the entire communities attitude is somewhat nervous, entertained, and mostly unclear. They are nervous from the fact that Mr. Adams and Mr. Summers "grinned at each other..nervously"(page 267). They are enteratained in the fact that they all go. Lastly, it is unclear because they all follow the tradition for no apparent reason.
I always feel like Mr. and Mrs. Adams would be the characters that would stand up to the insanity, if someone choose to rewrite it.
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