Choose ONE of the following prompts and offer a response in the form of a grammatically correct paragraph. Your paragraph should be between 8-12 sentences. You are required to reference at least two specific events in the story in order to support your answer.

• A) What does this story seem to imply about the power of tradition? What point does Shirley Jackson seem to be making about people’s tendency to accept and follow traditions without question? Would you classify this story as a cautionary tale? Why or why not?
• B) How do the townspeople seem to regard Tessie at the beginning of the story? How does this change as the lottery ceremony begins to unfold? Why do you think the overall reaction to Tessie and her comments at the end of the story is so starkly different from how she’s received at the beginning?
• C) Why is Old Man Warner’s devotion to the tradition of the lottery especially ironic? Be sure to explain your answer in a way that indicates your understanding of iron