a democracy. What does Mrs. Delacroix’s extra-large stone say about the loyalty and logic in “the Lottery”? What does the large stone represent? How might she justify the killing of Tessie? Mrs. Delacroix‚ obviously a friend and neighbor of Tessie‚ who just moments before [the stoning] was laughing with Tessie about her forgetfulness‚ and reassuring her that she was fine for her tardiness. Later‚ her speedy selection of a “stone so large that she had to pick it up with both hands” reveals that
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strict traditions‚ Tessie Hutchinson had her destiny chosen for her‚ and lived a painful‚ cruel death‚ along with Okeke who lived with the feeling of betrayal because of long passed traditions. In the short story “The lottery” the protagonist Tessie Hutchinson displays negative effects of traditions through the way her destiny was chosen for herself. The Lottery‚ is a tradition throughout their village that they have been doing for years to reduce population size. Tessie Hutchinson did not choose
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1. Social psychologists observe that every group develops its own outcast or misfit‚ who is blamed for all sorts of group malfunctions and woes. Have you observed this dynamic in your own work‚ school‚ church‚ or family groups? Yes this dynamic appears in some schools where a child or any student for that matter is bullied or singled out. Some peoples’ working conditions could possibly have a group malfunction as in co-workers can be racist to one another. 2. We are told a lot about the
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suggests that he has become a man of leisure through his wealth. Also Mr. Graves’ name is simply a foreshadow of the grave situation to come. The "victim" of the story‚ Tessie Hutchinson‚ rebels against the lottery by screaming at the end of the story‚ "It isn’t fair‚ it isn’t right." (238) The name Tessie can be associated with the word testy or tizzy. Which means someone who is in an angry or rebellious state. The name Warner can be seen as a literal warning against ceasing the
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In her critical biography of Shirley Jackson‚ Lenemaja Friedman notes that when Shirley Jackson’s story "The Lottery" was published in the June 28‚ 1948 issue of the New Yorker it received a response that "no New Yorker story had ever received": hundreds of letters poured in that were characterized by "bewilderment‚ speculation‚ and old-fashioned abuse."1 It is not hard to account for this response: Jackson’s story portrays an "average" New England village with "average" citizens engaged in a deadly
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its inhabitants meeting in a square with festival like intentions. However‚ the villagers know fully that when the drawing is over‚ one person in the community will die. Nonetheless‚ it is tradition. The atmosphere is casual yet anxious. Tessie Hutchinson arrives late because she “clean forgot” what day it is. It seems impossible to the reader that anyone would forget a day like lottery day. Her procrastination is logical but her excuse is lame. Mrs. Dunbar tells her son‚ “I
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Critical Essay – The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson deals with an important human issue in her short story‚ the lottery. She shows how people will conform to the norm even if they think it is wrong and conforming to the norm means they will hurt and even kill their family and friends. The lottery is about a little town somewhere in America where every year the town stones one member of its community to death. The person who is stoned is selected through a ballot but all the way through
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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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Mr.Warner and Tessie Hutchinson. This village has the tradition of playing the lottery once each year. Mr.Warner is called old man Warner because he has lived through multiple lottery games. The actual lottery isn’t a good thing though because in this lottery if
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Hutchinson’s dismay when she discovers her husband has drawn the marked card also lends to the suspicion that winning the lottery has a ruinous affect on the winner. When Mr. Summers announces that “Bill Hutchinson’s got [the marked paper]‚” Tessie Hutchinson goes on a
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