“[A]sk not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
Answer:
Tessie Hutchinson is stoned to death to appease forces desiring a sacrificial lamb offered in atonement for the sins of others, with no questions asked.
Explanation:
The random persecution is done according to the rules of the lottery. The rules have long been the ritual which seems logical to the villagers. However, there is no reason behind the annual persecution. People just blindly follow the tradition and the leader in the village, regardless of the fact whether that person should die or not. It is a collective murder. Society wrongfully designates scapegoats to bear the sins of the community.
Answer:
I believe that this expression would be classified as hyperbole.
Explanation:
It is a hyperbole because it's a stretch from the truth, they (being "we") didn't actually walk a hundred miles.
I think it's best if you read it again so I can make sense.
