https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr What is the purpose of the ritual in "The Lottery"? What is the purpose of the ritual in "The Hunger Games"? en-us 2021-09-27 17:57:05 UTC 2021-10-05 17:11:50 UTC hello@padlet.com nelsonkai01 https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1772042873 The purpose of the ritual in "The Lottery" is to ensure that the townspeople receive good crops for the season. The people let one person die so the rest may be abundant in the season's harvest.]]> 2021-09-27 18:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1772042873 nelsonkai01 https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1772053834 The sacrifice in The Hunger Games is to show that rebellion against the capitol is futile, and one should obey the rules of the higher authorities. The government wants to make it public that they are in charge, and if anyone does not follow them, this will happen to them.]]> 2021-09-27 18:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1772053834 nelsonkai01 https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1772067229 In "The Lottery" the point of the human sacrifice is to be certain that the town's crops will grow. In The Hunger Games the purpose of their ritual is to show that one should not rebel against the government as it is pointless.]]> 2021-09-27 18:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1772067229 nelsonkai01 https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1772111140 In "The Lottery", it starts to become clear that the purpose of the lottery is a sacrifice when the text states, "Old Man Warner snorted... 'Used to be a saying about 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.' " It is certain that the lottery is a killing of one of the townspeople when the story says, "Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. The pile of stones the boys had made earlier was ready; there were stones on the ground with the blowing scraps of paper that had come out of the box. Delacroix selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands... Mrs. Dunbar had small stones in both hands... The children had stones already. And someone gave Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles. Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. 'It isn't 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 isn't fair, it isn't right,' Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her.]]> 2021-09-27 18:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1772111140 nelsonkai01 https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1793636666 2021-10-05 16:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1793636666 nelsonkai01 https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1793847101 2021-10-05 17:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nelsonkai01/8z8v5emgpyewrtsr/wish/1793847101