Week 5 question 1

In Shirley Wilson’s The Lottery, the man with all the power in the story would be Mr. Smith. He has all the power because he is the one who keeps the black box which stores all the slips of paper for the lottery which determines who will be stoned. In the story Mr. Summers is described “as the official of the lottery” (839). He was a local coal miner and had time to collaborate the activity. He was the one who marked the slips of paper for the lottery and declares when the lottery begins. He is in charge of the entire process; therefore, the one with al the power in the story. It is articulated by how he could be resembled as judge in court; holding all the power by making all the important calls throughout the process.