What do Mr. Summers’ and Mr. Adams’ “humorless” smiles reveal about the village’s attitude toward the lottery? (Paragraph 20) * A. The village is aware of the horror of the lottery and they ignore it. B. The village is uncertain about the truth of the lottery but they continue. C. The village has a secret plan to disrupt and change the continuation of the lottery. D. The village openly discusses their problems and concerns with the lottery tradition.

D: The village openly discusses their problems and concerns with the lottery tradition.

Explanation:

answer: no

explanation:

the answer is: the start of world war i, and russia’s hopes of benefiting from it

during world war i russian joined due to in their current crisis they were being supported by france and the war was already declared to them by germany, they needed to maintain their political goal and leadership role in the balkans, and is the same feeling that this excerpt evoke the eager of maintain the land value.