What saying does Old Man Warner recite about the lottery, in paragraph 32? What does
this tell you about the original reason for holding the lottery? What evidence in the text
suggests that Old Man Warner thinks that giving up the lottery would have serious
consequences for the townspeople? Cite specific textual evidence to support your
statements.
What Warner was saying was that because the town was adhering to the tradition of the lottery the town would have good luck in the coming year. The people believed that the lottery was a direct influence on their prosperity