The Lottery

In a story this sparse, it's pretty striking how much the boys of the village tell us, not only a...

Unlike many characters in "The Lottery," we find out a lot about Mr. Summers. He's married to "a...

Mr. Summers may act like he's the Big Man of the Village, but he still has to be sworn in by the...

So, Mr. Summers is the shiny surface of the lottery, Mr. Graves is its grim end, and the boys are...

Mrs. Tess Hutchinson stands out right from the start: she arrives at the lottery late, having "cl...

Mr. Adams is the first person to draw in the lottery, which makes sense alphabetically – bu...

The Delacroix family is in the mix right from the start. There's Dickie Delacroix, who gathers hi...

The Watsons and the Dunbars are both intriguing because Jackson specifies that their family arran...

Mrs. Graves is the wife of Mr. Graves. She is a friend of both Mrs. Delacroix and Mrs. Hutchinson...

Bill Hutchinson is the husband of Tess Hutchinson. When she protests his selection in the lottery...

The Hutchinson children are named Bill, Jr., Nancy, and Dave. Nancy has supporters in the crowd w...

Baxter is the oldest son in the Martin family.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin are the parents of Baxter and Bobby. They run the grocery store.