The Lottery Shirley Jackson Analysis
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson was a short story writer and novelist; however, she was also a loner and an introvert. Shirley was born on December 14, 1916 in San Francisco, CA. Jackson and her family moved East when she was 17, were she attended Rochester University. After doing a year, she dropped out of school, stayed at home for a year and began practicing on her writing. Jackson entered Syracuse University in 1937, where she met her future husband. Stanley Edgar Hyman, who was at the time also attending Syracuse University, and was an aspiring literary critic. Both Jackson and Hyman graduated in 1940 and moved to New York’s Greenwich Village.
According to Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature, “Much of her short fiction and …show more content…
Tessie Hutchinson, was the unlucky “winner” of the lottery. Tessie was singled out almost from the very beginning. She was in fact, the only one joking around just before the drawing. Sadly, for Tessie no one was joking back with her, which became very ominous. Jackson also inserted some irony in this short story, the title “The Lottery” usually means that one would take part in a drawing to win something for personal gain. Ironically, to win this game means, to lose your …show more content…
For example, Mr. Summers, was described as a round-faced, jovial man, who had the time to handle civic matters like conducting square dances, running the teenage club, he also ran the coal business, however, people were sorry for him. Mr. Summers had no children and his wife was a scold. Mr. Graves was described as the postmaster, plus he also aided Mr. Summers with the lottery tradition. Then there was Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town. He has lived through the tradition for decades and is set in his ways with how he views the lottery. Jackson made this character completely “for” the lottery, anyone who thought that the lottery should be stopped, was considered a young fool who knew nothing, and had no respect for tradition. Old Man Warner is a product of his environment no matter how out dated it may be plus, he is not willing to accept change. Warner was viewed by the people of the village as a elder of the town and a respected one at
Shirley Jackson was a short story writer and novelist; however, she was also a loner and an introvert. Shirley was born on December 14, 1916 in San Francisco, CA. Jackson and her family moved East when she was 17, were she attended Rochester University. After doing a year, she dropped out of school, stayed at home for a year and began practicing on her writing. Jackson entered Syracuse University in 1937, where she met her future husband. Stanley Edgar Hyman, who was at the time also attending Syracuse University, and was an aspiring literary critic. Both Jackson and Hyman graduated in 1940 and moved to New York’s Greenwich Village.
According to Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature, “Much of her short fiction and …show more content…
Tessie Hutchinson, was the unlucky “winner” of the lottery. Tessie was singled out almost from the very beginning. She was in fact, the only one joking around just before the drawing. Sadly, for Tessie no one was joking back with her, which became very ominous. Jackson also inserted some irony in this short story, the title “The Lottery” usually means that one would take part in a drawing to win something for personal gain. Ironically, to win this game means, to lose your …show more content…
For example, Mr. Summers, was described as a round-faced, jovial man, who had the time to handle civic matters like conducting square dances, running the teenage club, he also ran the coal business, however, people were sorry for him. Mr. Summers had no children and his wife was a scold. Mr. Graves was described as the postmaster, plus he also aided Mr. Summers with the lottery tradition. Then there was Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town. He has lived through the tradition for decades and is set in his ways with how he views the lottery. Jackson made this character completely “for” the lottery, anyone who thought that the lottery should be stopped, was considered a young fool who knew nothing, and had no respect for tradition. Old Man Warner is a product of his environment no matter how out dated it may be plus, he is not willing to accept change. Warner was viewed by the people of the village as a elder of the town and a respected one at