The Lottery Character Analysis

In “the lottery” there are a few key characters that contribute a lot to the story line, Mr. summers the man who conducts the lottery is of course, one of them. Mr. summers name holds a significance to it because of the lottery being connected to him in a huge way. Mr. summers prepares the slips of paper that go into the black box and calls the names of the people who draw the papers. He is the owner of a coal company and is one of the village leaders and is married to a miserable wife with no kids. Mr. summers is a happy man who is efficient with conducting the lottery. With a lot of spare time Mr. Summers also runs most of the things the town does collectively. Essentially Mr. Summers a man who is fully involved in his town and is there to make sure things run smoothly. Mr. summers name is ironic because of the positive connotations associated with his name and that his job essentially is to draw out who will be getting executed that day, June 27th. Summertime is usually associated with warmth, happiness, sunshine etc., and as soon as the story opens it starts off “with the fresh warmth of a full- summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.” But what one learns later on in the story is that this warm summer day being explained is the day of the lottery. The lottery is conducted by Mr. summers, he prepares the slips the night before and gets the black box all ready for the following day. As everyone is getting ready to meet at the