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What is the author's purpose for using a black spot on the paper?
Read the passage from "The Lottery."
Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip
of paper out of her hand. It had a black spot on it, the
black spot Mr. Summers had made the night before
with the heavy pencil in the coal-company office. Bill
Hutchinson held it up, and there was a stir in the
crowd
O to represent the darkness of death
O to maintain the tradition of the lottery
O to enhance the mystery of the lottery
O to represent the horror of disobedience

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