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You do see how one who was onced an isnsider does become and outsieder. I like how you do bring in a quote to back up what you are saying. Next time could you have added more ways to talk about being an insider/outsider?

The Lottery + Image

The reason why I chose this black box to represent the Lottery is because, in the story whe drawing takes place with the box. The slips of paper are put in the box, one slip of paper which contains the black spot that'll decide who will be sacrifced in the name of having good crops this season.

The Lottery

What does it mean to be an insider and an outsider?

In the lottery, everyone in the village are close friends. But when Old Man Warner says "It's not the way it used to be...People ain't the way they used to be", he is refering to the other villages who have dropped the tradition of sacrificing other's for the sake of the crop. Everyone in the village is for the lottery, up until the point where you are chosen. An example of that would be Tessie Hutchinson, she was all for the lottery but when she was chosen she exclaimed how unfair it was. Everyone on the inside understand why this has to be done, but an outsider wouldn't see it as fair.

Brother Dear

The character that I connect with is Sharlene because of how your family's are almost the same. I am the youngest of the family and I have two older brothers. My mother wants to make sure I get a good education, and have a well paying job in the future. Her reasoning for making sure I have a good future is because she doesn't want what happened to her to happen to me. Also like Sharlene, I find that my second older brother is right most of the time and I understand his logic more than anything else. He is a free spirit and does what he likes.