The Lottery and Other Stories

The Lottery

As you read the lottery remember that the actions of the characters can affect the plot in paragraph two how do the actions of the village boys affect the development of the plot over the course of the text highlight evidence in the text and make a notation so explain your answer

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The boys are collecting piles of stones in the story's opening. When we first learn of this action, we are completely unaware of why they are collecting stones..... and we're not really curious because it's a common thing for boys to do. These opening actions set up the story's climax.

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