Who are the minor characters in the story the lottery by shirley jackson?

Below are the minor characters in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery.

Bill Hutchinson - Tessie’s husband who draws the marked slip of paper for his family.

Nancy Hutchinson - The twelve-year-old daughter of the Hutchinsons.

Bill Jr. Hutchinson - The Hutchinsons’ son.

Eva - Another child of the Hutchinsons.

Don - Eva’s husband.

Mr. Harry Graves - The village postmaster and Mr. Summer’s assistant in the proceedings of the lottery.

Mrs. Graves - A villager who reminds Tessie that they all take the same chance by entering the lottery.

Mr. Delacroix - A villager.

Mrs. Delacroix - A villager.

Dickie Delacroix - The child of Mr. and Mrs. Delacroix.

Clyde Dunbar - The only villager not in attendance at the lottery.

Horace Dunbar - The Dunbars’ eldest son.

Mr. Martin - A villager who, with his son Baxter, holds the black box during the ritual of the lottery.

Baxter Martin - Mr. Martin’s oldest son.

Bobby Martin - A young son of Mr. Martin.

Harry Jones - A village boy who works on collecting piles of stones at the beginning of the story.

Steve Adams - The first villager to draw his family’s slip of paper from the black box.

Mrs. Adams - Steve Adam’s wife.

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Monday, September 26 2016


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