The Lottery By Shirley Jackson Conflict
In short fiction, characters experience conflict that impacts plot development. Firstly, in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson the conflict is man vs. nature. To provide a reason why this happens in the small town, Jackson wrote “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.” (Jackson 4). This was said by Old Man Warner, the oldest person in this town and this shows that Tessie, the women who gets sacrificed, is conflicting with the actual agriculture sacrifice. This conflict only starts to show at the end of the story when Tessie starts to be stoned by the townspeople because of the sacrifice for the corn and the other crops. Next, in the short story “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes the conflict that is shown is man vs. society. In this short story,