I definitely got that impression. It can't just be one day a year that the town loose any sense of self or identity. I felt there was no real sense of belonging or caring that must be prevalent throughtout he year. Why else would a mother put her 12 year old daughter in for such an ordeal?

I can imagine the townsfolk wandering around, being very pleasent to each other, with fake smiles on their faces and making polite, but trivial conversation, never really trusting each other. At the lottery itself all conversation seemed to be quite trivial. No one wants to let their guard down and I feel that the town woudl have a similar atmosphere any day of the year.

Pixie // Hufflepuff