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"Some places have already quit the lottery". This shows government control because it shows other governments have stopped the lottery because they realized how barbaric it was

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"Some places have already quit lotteries" Mr. Adams said. "Nothing but trouble in that"

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"Remember," Mr. Summers said. "take the slips and keep them folded until each person has taken one. (Jackson 4)
i'm not exactly sure if this quote will really prove government control, but it's a pretty important instruction made by government for this really weird and brutal ritual they call the lottery. (i used a vocab word to impress u lol)

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"Mr. Summers turnd to look at her. "Wife draws for her husband ." Mr. Summers said. "Don't you have a grown boy to do it for you, Janey?" Although Mr. Summers and everyone in the village knew the answer perfectly well, it was the business of the official of the lottery to ask such questions formally" (Jackson 3)
The Government makes rules for the lottery and how it will be carried out.

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"Mr. Summers spoke frequently of to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box" (Jackson).

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"Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand. It had a black spot on it, the black spot Mr. Summers had made the night before with the heavy pencil in the coal company office"
This is government control because they can't refuse it  because the government controls everything.

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"A stone hit her on the side of the head... And then they were upon her" (Jackson 5) This relates to government control because the stones symbolize the governments control on the people

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"The lottery was conducted--as were the square dances,  the teen club, the Halloween program."(Jackson 1)
The whole town had to gather and do these things, instead of being able to sit out or go to work, you had to join in with the activities.

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"'Wife draws for her husband." Mr. Summers said "'Don't you have a grown boy to do it for you, Janey?

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"The people have done it so many times they only listened to half of the directions"  (Jackson3)
this quote shows gov. control because they are forced to do this every year by the gov. .

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"It isnt fair," she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Old man Warner was saying, "come on, come on, everyone." Steve Adams was in the front of the crowd of villagers, with Mrs. Graves beside him. "It isnt fair, it isnt right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed," (Jackson 5)

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"Their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed." (Jackson 1)

This quote shows GOVT. control because it shows even while they make jokes, they know not to be rowdy or have too much fun because the Govt is watching them.

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"There was a proper swearing-in of Mr. Summers by the postmaster, as the official of the lottery" (Jackson 2)

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"wife draws for her husband." Mr. Summers said. "Don’t you have a grown boy to do it for you, Janey?" Although Mr. Summers and everyone else in the village knew the answer perfectly well, it was the business of the official of the lottery to ask such questions formally." (Jackson 3)

Mr. Summers is not elated to have a women voting for her husband but he can't do anything about it because the government creates the rules

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"The lottery was conducted--as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program--by Mr. Summers who still had time and energy to devote to civic activities." (Jackson 1)
This quote illustrates government control because it is saying the lottery is conducted along with a lot of other events for the community.

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"Although Mr. Summers and everyone else in the village knew the answer perfectly well, it was the business of the official of the lottery to ask such questions formally." (Jackson 3) --McGaugh

The government doesn't let others ask questions and want to make sure that they keep authority.

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"'It isn't fair, it isn't right,' Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her" (Jackson 5)
This demonstrates government control because Mrs. Hutchinson doesn't have the choice to participate in the lottery. The government made her participate, even though she did not want to.

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"Keep the paper folded in your hand without looking at it until everyone has had a turn." (Jackson 3)
The towns people are commanded to follow the instructions of the lottery.

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"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."

This quote shows government control because none of the citizens had a choice of whether or not to put Mrs. Hutchinson up there.

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"Chips of wood, Mr. Summers had argued, had been all very well when the village was tiny, but now that the population was more than three hundred and likely to keep on growing, it was necessary to use something that would fit more easily into the black box." This illustrates government control because the government is controlling the population through the power of tradition and superstition. The lottery has produced positive results in terms of crop production enough times that the people begin to believe in the power of the lottery.

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"It isn't fair,

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"It isn't fair, " she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head.

This quote shows government control because the citizens did not have a choice to not stone her, and she did not have the option to say no.

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"It isn't