The Lottery and Other Stories

Why is old man warner so upset?closley reread the dialog above and make an inference about why this town conducts a lottery ?what according to old man warner is the purpose of th lottery?

Why is old man warner so upset?closley reread the dialog above and make an inference about why this town conducts a lottery ?what according to old man warner is the purpose of th lottery?

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Old Man Warner is a 77 year old man who is still alive having been through all the lotteries. We find, through Old Man Warner, that the Lottery might once have been a sacrifice for better crops. Most of the historical traditions and beliefs around the Lottery had been dropped. The villagers still took part in it as a matter of mindless ritual and a morbid sense of entertainment. Old Man Warner represents the archaic nature of the Lottery as well as the irony of the tradition.