The Lottery and Other Stories
How are the men depicted at the beginning of the story?
from the story the lottery by shirley jackson
from the story the lottery by shirley jackson
From the text:
Soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes. They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed.
The Lottery