Tessie arrives late to the lottery saying she forgot what day it was. She was the only one to forget what day it was as she was doing dishes. When her husband draws the marked paper she is the only one to protest against the lottery stating it wasn’t fair and that her husband did not have enough time to draw his paper. Even though families stood together and all must be present she was quick to throw her daughter and her husband under the bus when asked if there was any other family that could draw. She wanted her entire family in the lottery. Did not matter to her she was making her young children apart of this insane act. The irony of this setting is even when the family starting their draw she was the one to draw the paper with the dot. As the people approached her she was still screaming “it’s not fair, it’s not
Tessie arrives late to the lottery saying she forgot what day it was. She was the only one to forget what day it was as she was doing dishes. When her husband draws the marked paper she is the only one to protest against the lottery stating it wasn’t fair and that her husband did not have enough time to draw his paper. Even though families stood together and all must be present she was quick to throw her daughter and her husband under the bus when asked if there was any other family that could draw. She wanted her entire family in the lottery. Did not matter to her she was making her young children apart of this insane act. The irony of this setting is even when the family starting their draw she was the one to draw the paper with the dot. As the people approached her she was still screaming “it’s not fair, it’s not