2. In what way does the setting affect the story? Does it make you more or less likely to anticipate the ending?
2. The setting made it easier to anticipate the ending because if you think about it no matter where in history we are a gathering of the entire town means one of two things; it is either good news or it is bad news. The color of the box also gave away that something bad was going to happen.
3. In what ways are the characters differentiated from one another? Looking back at the story, can you see why Tessie Hutchinson is singled out as a "winner"?
3.She is singled out as the winner because she was the one that was saying the drawing was unfair. I feel that the story chose her because no body likes a sore loser when the drawing was that of a chance for everyone to be picked.
4. What is the ritual of the scapegoat? In what way might Tessie be considered a scapegoat?
4. The ritual of the scapegoat is to put the blame of something onto someone when it was not that persons fault to begin with. She could be considered a scapegoat in order to bring good luck for the harvest season when we know that is not how good harvests come around. She was used to please the "gods".
5. Jackson gives interesting names to a number of her characters. Can you explain the possible