The Lottery and Other Stories

Questions: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

5.c) The writer makes an initial mention of stones - "Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones..." - but then not again until the end of the story. What might have been her purpose in doing this? How effective is this?

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The stones foreshadowed the eventual stoning, even by kids related to the victim, at the end of the story.

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