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The story"lottery" focuses on how swiftly a human nature can change with avaricious aspirations.Explain​

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The Lottery” demonstrates the truth of Max Beerbohm’s observation that, while you cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs, by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men. It also shows that this blind conformity can make the collective conduct of the sheep at least as savage as that of wolves. Furthermore, it is part of our nature not to notice either of these things about ourselves.

The tranquil beginning of the story, with the chatting of “planting and rain, tractors and taxes” shows what a casual and familiar attitude people can take to the most extreme cruelty if it is a normal part of their society. The children are placidly preparing heaps of stones, again, as though this were an everyday game. All the details go to reinforce this ordinariness, from Mr. Summers fussing about the box to the good-humored banter when Mrs. Hutchinson is late.

The story examines what Hannah Arendt called “the banality of evil.” Perhaps because we...

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