1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
kotykmax [81]
3 years ago
8

Think about the short story "The Lottery." The reader can conclude that the lottery was held MAINLY to _____.

English
1 answer:
Rufina [12.5K]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

B. preserve an institutionalized tradition that imposed limits on its participants.

Explanation:

The main idea of <em>The Lottery</em> is how societies often preserve traditions even after they have lost any reason for existing and even become damaging to the people. This is the case of the lottery which is held in the town. The lottery has no particular purpose or benefit. It is simply maintained and repeated because of an extreme desire to respect and maintain tradition, and to limit the behaviour and liberty of people.

You might be interested in
What role does POWER play when writing or telling a
Fantom [35]

Answer: B. The people in power tell the story that best suits their interest, and control its content and distribution.

Explanation:

7 0
3 years ago
When, where, or how are you most productive? How do you feel when you are productive versus busy? Is there a difference? Explain
nikdorinn [45]

Answer:

Is this for edjunity? I need to know because the answers are different on different platforms.

Explanation:

4 0
3 years ago
"When a child my mother taught me the legends of our people; taught me of the sun and sky, the moon and stars, the clouds and st
schepotkina [342]

Answer:

b

Explanation:

6 0
3 years ago
What's another word for most of the time?
miss Akunina [59]
Almost always
frequently
often
5 0
3 years ago
What is Karen doing while her family and
Alekssandra [29.7K]

Answer:

I'm glad you asked!

Explanation:

She is taking on the phone with her friend.

The text says she was talking on the phone with her friend Jim.

4 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • How does diction affect theme in a story?
    6·1 answer
  • Lines of poetry may or may NOT include punctuation. True False
    5·2 answers
  • During which show should a company that makes remote-control drones
    10·1 answer
  • A nonfiction text told from a first-person point of view most likely includes
    15·2 answers
  • In about two hundred words, show what you understand about the roles of men and women in the Igbo society.
    9·2 answers
  • PLEASE HELP how do both Henry Jekyll and Robert Louis Stevenson exhibit heresy?
    11·1 answer
  • What is the theme for the for the birds Pixar. 20POINTS PLZZ ANSWER CORRECTLY PLZZZ PLZZZ PLZZZZZ!
    7·1 answer
  • Anyone known poetry? I can't understand it.
    8·2 answers
  • A. a thought, plan, or suggestion
    14·1 answer
  • Can someone please help me in finding our what the title of this book is?!
    7·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!