The Chrysanthemums Character Analysis

The Lottery is set in the mid-morning in June in the early 1900s in which the town selects a ritual murder. The lottery is run by Mr. Summers since he had the time to devote to civic activities. People would gather around in the square at about ten o’ clock to start the lottery so they would be finished by lunch time. There would be a black wooden box that had papers inside of it to be drawn for one person to be killed for no apparent reason. No one could figure out why the town did this, it was a routine they did every year. The Chrysanthemums is about a young woman who maintains her time to her house and garden and nothing else. It takes place in Salinas Valley by her house and garden which she is not able to socialize with anyone outside of her home unless they visit her or her husband drives her around. She keeps her frustrations and loneliness to
Sonny can’t focus based upon his addiction which is part of why they don’t communicate well, also with their seven year difference. The brother hears about the news of his uncle which he has never met before had died in a car accident which results in him realizing what could happen to Sonny and that he has not been there for him through his struggles. His mother was trying to get him to understand how important it is to have that relationship with him no matter what. Even though Sonny has been through some rough times in the past, gotten involved with the wrong people, and both of them pretty much shutting each other out of their lives in the result of the drugs, they both realized that they will need each other for the rest of their lives. Sonny in the end overcomes his struggle with drugs through music. The importance of time in the story “The Lottery” is to get the reader to focus on what type of day it is. The time of day is in the morning and the time of year is in