The Lottery

The quotes from Old Man Warner indicate that he is stuck in an illogical past where he is resistant to change regardless of the outcomes

Old Man Warner is another secondary character in the story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson The fact that the community calls him “Old Man” suggests that

the winning lottery numbers for tonight Old Man Warner criticizes other towns that have given up their lottery tradition and brags about how many lotteries he's seen The characters

the lottery explained Then he called, “Warner “ “Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery,” Old Man Warner said as he went through the crowd “Seventy-seventh time “ “Watson