It was a clear and sunny, there was a fresh warmth of the summer day.
What are the children doing? – Do we get any idea why they are doing this?
They are also participating. It might be because they need to know how to participate in lottery. The children is the village’s future, and they want the next generation to take the “tradition” further. The boys were collecting stones, and the girls were talking among themselves
What is the atmosphere like when the men gather?
They are not so open, as there is written on first page, line 20. “They smiled rather the laughed”.
What are the men talking about?
They were surveying their own children about, planting, rain, tractors and taxes.
The men call their wives, the mothers call their children. What does this order of calling suggest?
It is a way of showing authority. The man come first, then his wife and then their children.
Who is Mr. Summers? Describe his way of life. Does his name have any special significance?
He was the one who devoted civic activities. He also ran the coal business. He had no children.
What about Mr. Graves
He was the postmaster
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