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I believe in a sense that Tessie is wrong Just because she had shown up late did not change her chances of receiving the paper with the black dot in the long run It seems as though the original drawing was to narrow it down to family or specific individuals She seemed to be saying that the lottery isn't fair based on the factor that she was chosen 2 At the time it was basically socially acceptable and if you didn t participate then Davy would probably end up right next to his mother Stoning was probably something the kids knew and maybe didn't even understand other than knowing that this is what everyone does 3 I believe the moral of this story is that life isn't always fair or doesn't always work out in your favor There's always going to be different scenarios in life that don't go as we expect This story makes me think of people who are always focused on poor me everything bad always happens to me We never know what can happen on any given day so we need to enjoy life and live to the fullest Don't let the curve balls ruin your life 5 The Hunger Games is probably one scenario that I am most familiar with to relate in this situation It's odd to think of the similarities because there's the factor that the districts meet and know exactly what is coming
