bank" (133). This visualizes for the reader what a small town this is‚ since everything seems to be centralized at or near the town square. This is also important in that the town square is the scene for the remaining part of the story. Moreover‚ Shirley Jackson creates a comfortable atmosphere while describing the residents of the town. First‚ she describes the children gathering together and breaking into "boisterous play"(133). Also‚ the children are described as gathering rocks‚ which is an
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Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ “The Lottery” uses underlying details and specific word choice to highlight her pensive tone. Throughout the story‚ Shirley Jackson uses the word “Lottery‚” repeatedly. The use of the word in one sentence focuses on the use of it‚ “...Used to be a saying about ’Lottery in June‚ corn be heavy soon.’... There’s always been a lottery‚” (Jackson 31). The word here emphasizes that Old man Warner has an understanding of “The Lottery.” Jackson leaves the reader with a connotative
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Themes The Danger of Blindly Following Tradition The village lottery culminates in a violent murder each year‚ a bizarre ritual that suggests how dangerous tradition can be when people follow it blindly. Before we know what kind of lottery they’re conducting‚ the villagers and their preparations seem harmless‚ even quaint: they’ve appointed a rather pathetic man to lead the lottery‚ and children run about gathering stones in the town square. Everyone is seems preoccupied with a funny-looking
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traditions have been a common idea throughout every civilization since the beginning of thought. All of these religions have had some sort of doctrine of faith or standardized set of codes and practices that have been passed down through the ages. In Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery‚" The author presents the idea that without questioning the practices of our rituals‚ we lose the meaning of why they were conceived in the first place. The first clue that religion and doctrine may be the main subject
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The short story by Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” serves as a mirror to see our own society and rituals at an extreme. Throughout the story the author normalizes the characters’ inhumane ritual so the reader would be able to understand the underlining meaning of the story. In our society there are rituals that we do not dare to question because they have been embedded into our lives. The character Old Man Warner justifies such rituals by saying‚ on page 142‚ “There’s always been a lottery.” he himself
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The analysis of the short story “The Lottery” In “The Lottery”‚ Shirley Jackson brings readers to an old traditional rite in 1940s New England. Jackson is a famous writer and “The Lottery” is one of her most famous article which was published in 1948. Jackson narrates this story about people live in a small town gather together in order to take part in the lottery. It seems to be harmony and the scenery description at the beginning give audiences a feeling of relaxation: “[T]he flowers were blossoming
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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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Shirley Jackson’s major fascination was dark fiction. In most of her stories‚ her main topics are about hosts‚ witches and mysterious situations in which the characters have to get through. She wrote novels‚ short stories‚ and children’s books without living her fiction style out. "Life Among the Savages" (1953)‚ "Raising Demons"(1957)‚ a non-fiction prose "Witchcraft in Salem Village"(1956)‚ "Road Through the Wall" (1948)‚ "Hangsaman"(1951)‚ and "The Bird`s Nest" (1954)‚ are only a few works that
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Erica Via Rhiannon Flannery COM 131 – Composition and Literature 30 September 2014 Essay A – Short Story Analysis The Unfair Tradition The lottery‚ a chance to win‚ usually money‚ but that is not the case in Shirley Jackson’s legendary short story “The Lottery.” Winning the lottery in this case presents a conundrum of sorts. The story does not present a big build‚ a huge climax‚ an epiphany‚ or a conclusion. Instead Jackson leaves us astonished in the end with the only climactic event happening
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a news broadcast is intended to detail the problems and concerns faced by an individual or a group of people in an emotional way to elicit feelings of interest or sympathy in the audience. I therefore used the characters‚ themes and plot found in Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery as the basis of my broadcast element because this text is a disquieting critique on the violence and inhumanity we hear about on a perpetual basis that evokes emotion in nearly everyone who reads it. In my feature story‚ I describe
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