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2. AgreeDisagree 1. Traditions need to be maintained 2. What is good for the community as a whole, is more important than the individual. 3. Change should be avoided if everything works fine the way that it is. 4. You can rely on family and friends to do what is best for you. 5. Everyone should contribute to a group’s success, even if contribution is unequal. 6. Most ideas and beliefs of the past are still true today. 7. Society has a bigger influence on people than their family and friends. Wrap-Up Journal Anticipation Guide

3. Collaborative Discussion Question #1 – Explain why Shirley Jackson waits until the end of the story to reveal the conflict. Question #2 – Look up the word ritual. The word is used four times in the story to describe the lottery. Why might viewing the lottery as a ritual hold back the villagers from objecting? Question #3 – At the end of the story, Mrs. Delacroix selects a huge stone and urges Mrs. Dunbar to hurry. Explain why this is surprising or unexpected. Question #4 – Do you find the narrator’s tone strange or even shocking? Why? What theme about cruelty or injustice does this tone help communicate?