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indirect :The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o'clock

Direct:heir jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed.

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Question: Is there a way to avoid fighting when it comes to lotteries or is it inevitable

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Direct: in his clean white shirt and blue jeans, with one hand resting carelessly on the black box

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Direct:, "Hi. Joe." They grinned at one another humourlessly and nervously.
Indirect:"There goes my old man." Mrs. Delacroix said. She held her breath while her husband went forward.

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Indirect: "The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions: most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around"
Direct "Mr. Summers was very good at all this; in his clean white shirt and blue jeans,"

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Direct:"He was a roundfaced, jovial man and he ran the coal business, and people were sorry for him because he had no children and his wife was a scold."
Indirect:"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her. "

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His father spoke up sharply, and Bobby came quickly

Direct
He was a round faced, jovial man and he ran the coal business.

Question:
What was the reason they did a lottery?

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Direct: They said that the man was round-faced, and that he was a business man and ran the coal business. Also, the scene was quiet, nobody daring to look around.
Indirect: "Soon the women, standing by their husbands, began to call to their children, and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times."

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Direct
By now, all through the crowd there were men holding the small folded papers in their large hand, turning them over and over nervously.
Indirect
Mrs. Hutchinson came hurriedly along the path to the square, her sweater thrown over her shoulders
Question
How would the lottery affect the people of that town?

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Indirect: "The girls stood aside, talking among themselves, looking over their shoulders at the boys, and the very small children rolled in the dust or clung to the hands of their older brothers or sisters."

Direct: "Bobby Martin ducked under his mother's grasping hand and ran, laughing, back to the pile of stones."

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direct:
there was a hesitation before two men, Mr. Martin and his oldest son, Baxter, came forward to hold the box steady on the stool while Mr. Summers stirred up the papers inside it.
indirect:
, looking over their shoulders at the boys, and the very small children rolled in the dust or clung to the hands of their older brothers or sisters.

question:
does the town do the lottery just out of tradition and was the lottery necessary when the tradition started.

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Direct: Most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around
Indirect: Old man Warner snorted, "Pack of crazy fools...nothings good enough for them."

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Nicole V: Direct- The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions: most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around."

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Nicole V: Direct- The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions: most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around."

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Indirect- Mrs. Delacroix said. (I)She held her breath while her husband went forward.
Question:

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The lottery was conductedas were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween programby Mr. Summers who had time and energy to devote to civic activities.
Indirect
The villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between themselves and the stool, and when Mr. Summers said, "Some of you fellows want to give me a hand?" there was a hesitation before two men, Mr. Martin and his oldest son, Baxter, came forward to hold the box steady on the stool while Mr. Summers stirred up the papers inside it.

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Direct: "Billy, his face red and his feet overlarge, near knocked the box over as he got a paper out."
Indirect: "there was a hesitation before two men, Mr. Martin and his oldest son, Baxter, came forward to hold the box steady on the stool."

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Direct characterization: "He was a round faced, jovial man"
Indirect characterization: "in his clean white shirt and blue jeans, with one hand resting carelessly on the black box"
Question: Why did none of the townspeople except for Mrs. Hutchinson disagree with the lottery?

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Direct: He was a round-faced, jovial man and he ran the coal business, and people were sorry for him because he had no children and his wife was a scold.

Indirect: Mrs. Hutchinson craned her neck to see through the crowd...

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Indirect: There was a great deal of fussing to be done before Mr. Summers declared the lottery open.

Direct: they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play, and their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, of books and reprimands.

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Direct: He was a round-faced, jovial man
Indirect: and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times