Tessie Hutchinson Character Analysis

A character trait is a word or phrase used to describe a character’s personality, as well as how a character may react in certain situations. One’s character may also affect whether he may be put into situations that he otherwise would not be placed in, as well as determining how he spends his days, or how his days may inevitably end. The importance of a person’s character is clearly shown in the short stories “The Lottery” and “The Chase.”
In “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, readers can tell right from the beginning that Tessie Hutchinson is different from the other townspeople. After arriving late to the lottery and making a big fuss to find her family, she does not settle down until after having a light-hearted conversation with her husband, whereas the other women spoke quietly with the other people around them. Right from the beginning, she stood out from the other characters
As the narrator discusses in the first paragraph of the story, people have forgotten one of the most basic rules of life, shown through the sport of football. This rule is that one should always give their all, in everything that they do. The narrator tells that this man simply decided that he would take time out of his day to show them a lesson for the “bad” thing that they were doing. He had an objective, and he came through. Most adults would give up from exhaustion or just from not caring enough. Because of his fiery (and maybe childish) temperament, he decided to chase the children. If he didn’t have this trait, he might have rolled down his window and yelled at them like a “normal” adult, but instead he decided to partake in a chase. When he finally caught the children, he says ever so eloquently: “You stupid kids,” (123) showing that the words were unimportant, only the actions mattered. He caught the children, and that was all he