Tess Hutchinson Character Analysis

Characterization is refer to as the personality assigned to the individuals in the story. Tessie Hutchinson stands out because she arrives late to the lottery. Jackson set her apart from the other characters because the lottery is taken seriously, but Mrs. Hutchinson forgot what day it was as she was doing chores. At first, she was eager to join the lottery and even said “Get up there, Bill.” However she became desperate to get out of the situation when Bill draws the marked strip of paper and starts protesting, saying that it wasn’t fair. Jackson demonstrated how Mrs. Hutchinson was a hypocrite because the tradition never bothered her until she was chosen one. Old Man Warner is the oldest man in the village and have participated in over 70 lotteries. He made it his mission to make sure that nothing change and to keep things the way it have always been. He doesn’t know how the lottery started, but he firmly believes that it has to do with the crops and if they don’t make a sacrifice, the town would suffer from starvation.
The lottery take places annually in June and everyone in the town participates, but no one wants to win. Old Man Warner believe it should continue because he has done it for many years and is terrified of the idea of change. Tessie Hutchinson never questioned the lottery and was even excited until she became a victim of it. In this short story, Jackson depicts what it is like to do things without questioning the reason behind it. The lottery and the black box represents the past that everyone is struggling to move on