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    Running head:LITERARY ANALYSIS � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� Running head: LITERARY ANALYSIS � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �4� LITERARY ANALYSIS: "THE LOTTERY: BY SHIRLEY JACKSON English Composition - Section ON10 Colorado Christian University To a first time reader‚ Shirley Jackson ’s "The Lottery" seems simply as a curious tale with a shocking ending. After repetitive reading of Jackson ’s tale‚ it is clear that each sentence is written with a unique purpose often using symbolism. Her use of symbols not

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    The story of “The Lottery”‚ written by Shirley Jackson is very different in terms of the ways you and I may see the lottery today. The lottery today is looked at as fun‚ entertaining and almost as a type of recreation for many Americans but not in this short story. The lottery in this story is the total opposite of the way we view it today. It does not deal with entertainment but it deals with your life literally‚ almost as if they are playing Russian roulette. But this all seems like a normal everyday

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    “ The Lottery”‚ written by Shirley Jackson‚ shows the corruption in a village whose people treat life with insignificance. Through the use of literary devices‚ Jackson portrays how practices in traditions can be barbaric;ultimately‚ resulting in persecution. In the plot‚ Jackson foreshadows the horror which is due to come. The children are taught from a young age about the process which takes place for the death of a person‚ they prepare for this event by collecting “a great pile of stones” which

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    Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ "The Lottery"‚ ironically gives the lottery a bad meaning. The lottery in this story is used for a public stoning‚ contrary to the first thing that comes to a reader’s mind when they think of winning the lottery; a big sum of money. The reader sees both literal and metaphorical meaning of this story because for one it shows for face value what the entire story is about‚ and hidden behind it is the notion of the scapegoat being picked like a lottery number. The setting

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    An Analysis of “The Lottery” “The Lottery‚” by Shirley Jackson‚ is about villagers who gather in the square in a small town to run a lottery conducted by Mr. Summers. Mrs. Hutchinson arrives late so there are little chats in the square. After she arrives‚ Mr. Summers calls last names of families in order to aware for the head of each family to draw a slip of paper from the black wooden box. After all of them have chosen‚ Mr. Summers allows them to open the slip of paper and check to see which

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    Kouyialis EN102: Composition II Professor Eklund The Lottery by Shirley Jackson: An Analysis The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was written in 1948 and takes place in a small town‚ on the 27th of June. In this story‚ the lottery occurs every year‚ around the summer solstice. All families gather together to draw slips of paper from a black box. When reading this story‚ it is unclear the full premise of the lottery until near the end. The heads of households are the first

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    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

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    The short stories‚ “The Lottery” and “Charles”‚ have notable differences in writing styles. “The Lottery”‚ is a story about chance. Will you be lucky enough to live for the day? “Charles” is about Laurie‚ who is starting Kindergarten and wants attention from his parents. In both short stories‚ the author‚ Shirley Jackson‚ described the characters‚ the themes‚ and the situations to create an illustration for the reader. Laurie and Mr. Summers are both portrayed as characters who want to push the

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    In the short story "The Lottery" and "Everyday Use"‚ both writers depicted the bad and ugly side of reenacting and appreciating tradition that lost its validity. In the short story "The Lottery"‚ Shirley Jackson wrote about a tradition of stoning people to death. Use stoning as a punishment is not unearthly and it is practiced in some part of the world. In the case of short story "The Lottery"‚ the tradition of choosing someone using a random selection process or lottery and kill that person by

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    story called “The lottery” for my summative task. This finest story of Shirley Jackson was written in the month of its first publication‚ in the June 26‚ 1948‚ issue of The New Yorker. Shirley Jackson was an American author and popular writer in her time. She is best known for her mesmerizing short stories. When she was a student she became involved in literary magazine through which she met her future husband Stanley Hyman. She is best known for the short story called “the lottery”. The title

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