Reflection over Shirley Jackson’s Lottery. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a good‚ classic piece of horror literature. The reader is not aware of what is happening till the very end of the short story‚ moreover‚ in the first half of it the reader is supposed to think the described society‚ people‚ town‚ its life are as normal as his own and contemporary to his own time. The author tells us about such things as taxes‚ tractors‚ post office and bank‚ teen-age club and the Halloween program in
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According to the website Literary Devices‚ satire is “a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society” (“Satire”). Satire can often be confused with irony or sarcasm‚ but the main difference is that “while satire is constructive‚ sarcasm can be destructive” (“Difference Between Sarcasm and Satire”). In other words‚ unlike sarcasm‚ satire is used to identify a problem‚ raise awareness‚ and hopefully make a positive
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“The Lottery” is a dystopian short story written by Shirley Jackson and it was published in 1948. The setting takes place in a very seemingly typical country village. Despite the fact this village is very normal‚ the traditions of it make it very cruel. The people of the village are very blinded by their laws‚ illustrating that people not using their voice can allow a government to enforce corrupt laws on innocent people. Leading to none guilty people losing their lives and teaching children to carry
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consequences. In The Lottery by Shirley Jackson‚ a small town holds an event that they call the lottery but the winner does not receive money‚ the prize for the winner is death. In first they came by Martin Niemoller‚ a man in a concentration camp does not speak out for anyone when the Nazi soldiers came for the people that they were trying to kill. In these two short stories everyone was following the crowd and it led to disastrous consequences. In the first place‚ in the lottery multiple people are
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“Charles” Composition The short story‚ “Charles‚” written by Shirley Jackson is about a boy named Laurie who is in kindergarten. This boy is very impish and rude. This is so because he is an older brother and lacks the attention he once possessed. As well as rude‚ he can be violent‚ and cause havoc. He lives with his mother‚ father‚ and little brother who is only an infant. On Laurie’s first day of kindergarten‚ he wore overalls with bibs‚ but since his brother started receiving attention‚ he began
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"The Lottery"‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ can be seen in many different ways. There are many themes portrayed in this short story. Two of which are: the reluctance of people to reject outdated traditions and following the crowd can have disastrous consequences. The first theme that was illustrated was the reluctance of people to reject outdated traditions. The villagers throughout this story believed that since they had always had the lottery‚ that they should not change tradition now. One of the villagers
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story "The Lottery‚" the community attitude toward this story is that you have some of the most loyal people out there that were once family turns their backs on one another all over a cruel tradition. On the other end you have some people just didn’t feel it was right. It was like a no win situation. You must participate no matter how bad you feel. Family turn on one another and betrayal seek vengeance in this story. The characters that refused to question the tradition of the lottery in the story
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existing in a dystopian society titled “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. The citizens were about to participate in The Lottery‚ not to be confused with the modern day lottery which involves spending and losing lots of money. After the process was completed‚ Tessie was “chosen”. The people of this small village suddenly started to stone Tessie to the death. The End. But why was Tessie stoned? What is the purpose of this annual event? The Lottery has an original purpose and a current purpose
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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ a human is sacrificed every year to follow and honor an old custom that was stamped ever since the town was established. This year out of a village of 300 people‚ Bill Hutchinson’s family won the lottery‚ and in the second round of the raffle‚ out of all five members of the family‚ Tessie Hutchinson had the card with the black mark meaning she was going to be sacrificed. Shorty after winning‚ Tessie was stoned to death as a sacrifice to the gods. The lottery was conducted
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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson tells us about the absurdness of blind obedience. The story begins when the people of the village began to gather in the square. Some of the children are gathering stones. The narrator was like making a warning earlier in the story by mentioning the pile of stones and the way the older people distance themselves from it. "They stood together‚ away from the pile of stones in the corner‚ and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed
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