How Does The Lottery Affect Society

Shirley Jackson takes a bold perspective on human behaviour in her short story “The lottery.” Along with the unusual perspective, she writes it as a warning trying to convey the errors of past generations. Demonstrating how throughout history society has progressed in many ways; however, in the short story “The lottery”, Jackson conveys how society has struggled to advance politically and socially, by illustrating how the lack of critical thinking among a vast amount of individuals can negatively affect communities. Politically, society has struggled to learn from past discrepancies, furthermore the lack of innovation from generation to generation has held society back. Socially, the majority still prevails by oppressing minorities instead