Help Fast!!!!! The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blosso
ming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o'clock; in some towns, there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 26th, but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took only about two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner. —“The Lottery,”
Shirley Jackson
Based on the description of the setting, what kind of event would you expect this lottery to be?
Answer- A vanitas is a symbolic work of art showing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death, often contrasting symbols of wealth and symbols of ephemerality and death. Hope this helps:)