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In the lottery how does the fact that names are called in people selector piece of paperwork to create suspense

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It creates suspense because everyone is doing it at the same time, and nobody knows what they’re going to get. The readers all know someone is doomed to get it, but who? Nobody wants it to be them but someone always has to be selected.
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