There were many similarities and differences between the short story and the video of “The Lottery”. One difference between the two is that Mr.Summers has to pledge not to favour anyone in the lottery before they begin with the video. There was also a couple of differences between the short story and the video conserving the objects that contain symbolism. For example, the stool had four legs instead of three and the black box was new and shiny in the video. Another difference is in the video they were behind schedule. In the video they gave little Davy a big rock, not just a “ few pebbles” like they did in the short story. In the short story, Bill did not hesitate to show he the village that his wife would be stoned, but, in the video,
