The First Paragraph Of The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

2. In the first paragraph of the story, it describes the setting of the story. The setting was a clear and sunny day on the morning of June 27th, which felt like a warm full-summer day. Around were flowers that were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. Jackson describes this setting to be a beautiful warm day in June, but after reading the outcome of the story this particular description seems to be misleading and unusual, but adds great affect to the story line as you wonder if the lottery is used for good or bad this adds to the appropriate effect of suspense to the story.
3. The characters in the story fit this pattern of Jackson’s other stories where the story seems to deal with ordinary people who turn out to be