What does this passage imply about the men of the village?
They are not effective parents.
They respect their wives and children
O They have the power in the village.
They enjoy getting together for the lottery.
Read the passage from "The Lottery."
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 women wearing
faded house dresses and sweaters, came shortly after
their menfolk. They greeted one another and
exchanged bits of gossip as they went to join their
husbands. Soon the women, standing by their
husbands, began to call to their children, and the
children came reluctantly, having to be called four or
five times. Bobby Martin ducked under his mother's
grasping hand and ran, laughing, back to the pile of
stones. His father spoke up sharply, and Bobby came
quickly and took his place between his father and his
oldest brother