Adolf Hitler and Mr. Summers have numerous common characteristics. Mr. Summers, is described as a “roundfaced, jovial man” (255) who owns the coal business. He has the sympathy of the town’s people due to having no children and a …show more content…
The children have been taught that the lottery is a casual, regular affair. With school being out for the summer, the children have this eagerness and anticipation for the June 27th event. They get there earlier than others and gather their own rocks and stones to use on the winner later on. They are even into it enough to essentially play a game of keep away. It states that once they have made their piles, they must “guard [their piles of stones] against the raids of the other boys” (254). With the high amount of involvement by the children, just like with the Hitler Youth, the tradition can be predicted to continue with the next generation. The Hitler Youth was established with the purpose to carry on the ways of Nazism. Teaching them certain things and how to act certain ways at a young age, just as in the story, will assure that the next generations will continue the way Hitler, or Mr. Summers, intended it to