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…showed last 75 words of 690 total…lottery is about. This way the readers try to find evidence that leads to the end or to the purpose of the lottery. Shirley Jackson describes the reactions of the characters in this story and acquaints us with their world_ but not what they are thinking, only the way they act. She wants us to explain the odds of the lottery, make conclusions and judgments as why the town-people are acting weird towards this lottery.