Part a. what does old man warner's character represent in the text? in the lottery by shirley jackson a. people's desire to cling to traditions? b. people's fear of change? c. people's violent tendencies? d. people's fear of death? part b which detail from the text best supports the answer to answer a? a. "and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before old man warner, the oldest man in town, was born" (paragraph 5) b. "next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while" (paragraph 32) c. "there's always been a lottery," he added petulantly. "bad enough to see young joe summers up there joking with everybody" (paragraph 32) d. "seventy-seven year i been in this lottery," old man warner said as he went through the crowd. "seventy-seventh time" (paragraph 40)

What Old Man Warner's character represents in "The Lottery" is B. people's fear of change and the detail from the text that best supports this is (C.) "THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A LOTTERY," he added petulantly. "Bad enough to see young Joe Summers up there joking with everybody" (Paragraph 32).

In the short story, Old Man Warner is taking part in the lottery for the seventy-seventh time and he is fully convinced that the perpetuation of the tradition (the lottery) is directly linked to the good harvest of the crops. He also believes that changes in societies only bring about dangers. Furthermore, Warner thinks that giving up the lottery would result in general starvation in the town. For the old man, it is highly important to keep the tradition since it has always been there. This is made clearer in the quotation from paragraph 32. In other words, Warner blindly accepts a tradition, ignoring how violent it actually is, just because he is scared of changes. However, the other inhabitants also fear changes, in that way, Old Man Warner represents everyone in the town.

the answer to number one is b the answer to number to is a

that they just take and use up resources all the time

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