Societal Duty In The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson the use of word choice conveys how societal duty can lead us to act against our beliefs. “The Lottery is a story about a village that holds a lottery every year. The true purpose is not revealed until the end, and even then it is not very clear. In the beginning the author describes the lottery and how the whole town comes out for this event. As Jackson is describing the lottery she describes the box they use. The box is old, but no one is willing to replace it be cause of “tradition”(Jackson,1). The word tradition can be defined as a belief or action that is passed down through generations. The connotation connected to the word is family, continues, and identity. Relating tradition to family leads to the