Reaction: My reaction to the story was disbelief‚ it was hard for me to fathom anyone much less an entire village agreeing to such barbaric practices and creating and following a tradition where you stone and hurt or kill family and friends. Characterization The story is told in third person most of the time‚ it seems to be a village member who narrates the story‚ they are familiar with the village and the people who reside there. At the beginning of the story‚ it seems that the village is gathering
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Shirley Jackson is most famous for her short story ‘The Lottery’ and her novel ‘The Haunted House’. She has been applauded for her fresh approach towards American Gothic writing. There are many works dedicated to the gothic elements her stories contain. However‚ most critics overlooked the feminist elements that most of her stories have. The two short stories discussed in this essay both have female characters who are outsiders in their society. Careful examination of the protagonists’ course of
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The Use of Foreshadowing Foreshadowing is a literary device that is often used by authors of short stories to keep the reader wanting to know more and keep them reading. In Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery‚” foreshadowing is utilized many times. “The Lottery” is tells of a ritual practiced by a village in which every person draws from a box to be stoned to death (sacrificed)‚ in order for a good harvest. Jackson uses foreshadowing to show that the lottery is actually a sacrifice by presenting
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characters in the story are laden with meaning. The names of Summers‚ Graves‚ Warner‚ Delacroix and Hutchinson hint at the true nature of the characters. Mrs. Delacroix’s name means‚ "of the cross" in Latin; therefore‚ hinting at Tessie’s sacrificial killing. Even though Mrs. Delacroix seems to be a friend to Mrs. Hutchinson‚ it is she who is shown to pick up the largest rock and promotes other people to stone Tessie. Mr. Summers’ name symbolizes life but in reality it is he who is in charge of the lottery
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supposed to be memories‚ and who would want to remember such a gruesome tradition. The murder of Tessie hutchinson was one that never would be forgotten. In “ The Lottery” they had a tradition that was chilling. Of course we are all thinking that “The Lottery” is about someone hitting the jackpot.In this story no one hit the jackpot. Tessie‚ a mother of two‚ was the only person being hit.”Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now‚and she held
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One day when I was in the fourth grade‚ we had just finished a free response test on a story we were supposed to read last night. The next day‚ my teacher had completed grading all the test and he had noticed that two of the papers had were the exact same‚ their names were Danny and Ishmael. But Danny was absent today so the teacher called Ishmael to the front of the classroom and asked him if he and Danny cheated off of each other’s test. Ishmael first lied and said‚ “I don’t know how we have the
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town of 300 people. The reason that we know is that in the first paragraph it states‚ "in this village‚ where there were only about three hundred." There is characterization‚ most of the characters that are mentioned are flat because they aren’t very important and they don’t go through any change. There is one character named Tessie Hutchinson‚ at the beginning she takes part in the lottery thinking it’s fair and goes along with it. But as soon as her family is named as the winner she starts making
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conventionality when Mr. Hutchinson picked up the winning slip. Mr. Hutchinson says “Shut up Tessie” (1241) to his wife who is Mrs. Hutchinson and at the last scene‚ when his wife was decided to get stoned‚ Jackson depicts his attitude to his wife: “Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced to the slip of paper out of her hand” (1243) .Even though Tessie Hutchinson is his wife‚ Bill treats Tessie cruelly. It also shows people’s selfishness. After starting throwing stones‚ Tessie tries to run away
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The Unlucky Winner In Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery”‚ the setting deceives the reader making them think the lottery is a typical annual social event held on a peaceful summer day. The whole town anxiously gathers together in the town square for the lottery. The names of the townspeople are called one at a time to come up and take a piece of paper from the box. When it is revealed who has drawn the only piece of paper that is not blank‚ a winner of the lottery is established. The story
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and Mr. Graves made the papers the night before; before the lottery can begin a list is made of all the families and households in the village. Mr. Summers is sworn in. In the past there used to be a song and salute‚ but these have been lost. Tessie Hutchinson is late due to the fact she had forgotten that today was the lottery. She joins her husband and children at the front of the crowd and people make jokes about her tardiness. Mr. Summers asks whether anyone is absent‚ and the crowd responds that
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