Answer: They want to help the missionary, J. Everett Grimes, who is in Africa working with this tribe. The blacks are a poor people in need of help as long as they are in Africa and not next door. Harper Lee puts this scene in the story to show the hypocrisy of these women.
I think the second question. But I could be wrong. Hopefully I’m right.
“If you don’t help them, they will be destroyed”
Explanation:
nothing is done at damselflies
Answer:
The reason why the villagers "have" to have a lottery is simply that the lottery had become a tradition that has been followed since the time of the villagers' ancestors