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Conflict In ZZ Packer's The Lottery

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The first selection that I chose to write about is Brownies by ZZ Packer. This short story takes place at Camp Crescendo which is located on a high school band and hockey field in Atlanta, Georgia that has just been reopened. Characters in this story include: Arnetta the group leader, Daphne the meek one of the group, Octavia Hedy who is Arnetta’s partner in crime, Ms. Hedy the chaperone and also Octavia’s mommy, Laurel “Snot” the narrator, Mrs.Margolin the Brownie troop leader, Troop 909 leader is the leader of the white troop, and also the minor character Janice, Elise, and Drema. Since the setting of this story is a camp that is where the conflict happens. At the end of the first day of camp the leader of the African American troop (Arnetta) …show more content…

This short takes place in the town square of a small village. Character’s in this story include: Tessie Hutchison the lady who is stoned, Mr. Warner the oldest villager, Mr. Summers the man who runs the lottery, Bill Hutchison who is Tessie’s husband, and Mr. Graves who serves as Mr. Summers assistant. When this story begins it seems very normal. It’s the day of June 27th the day of the lottery villagers gather in the square to participate in the lottery. We are introduced to the character Mr. Summers and we learn that he will be officiating the lottery, just like he does every other event. Then, the author includes a detail about kids arriving and collecting stones, which is just a huge foreshadow moment. Tessie Hutchison is introduced as a late arrival. Next, Mr. Summers begins calling each head of household forward to pull a slip of paper out of this old wooden black box. During the time of picking the oldest villager Mr. Warner makes the comment that” If they stop doing the lottery, life would go back to cave men ways”. Next, Mr. Summers tells everyone they may open their slips of paper. Bill Hutchison picked the slip of paper with the dot on it, and Tessie immediately starts protesting. This is the part of the story whereas readers we realize the lottery may not be a good thing. There are five people in the Hutchison family and they each have to draw another slip of paper from the box. This

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