Amnesia is the right answer
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Answer: nominative absolute
Answer: the townspeople though of It as a tradition. so the townspeople thought of the lottery as a fun community event for the townspeople.
Explanation:
I think the casket is a symbol of death and it is also a symbol of cruelty of the narrator that he took Doodle to see it and touch it to emphasize that they thought he was going to die so needed to be brought face to face with it.