to win. Although it is not fairly clear who the main character of "The Lottery" is we learn that Tessie Hutchinson ends up being the dynamic character of the story. When she finds out that her husband‚ Bill Hutchinson‚ is the winner of this lottery she begins to complain saying that he did not have enough time to choose any paper he wanted. Bill‚ still not having a problem with the lottery‚ tells Tessie to shut up and they continue on. All of Tessie’s life she has been peer pressured into thinking
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“Just as Mr. Summers finally left off talking and turned to the assembled villagers‚ Mrs. Hutchinson came hurriedly along the path to the square”‚ although she misses the beginning of the lottery‚ the word “hurriedly” shows her passion to attend the cruel rite(2). Also‚ all of the villagers want to join in this brutal slaughter in the name of “tradition”
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English composition II The Lottery A Patriarchal society Evelyn Rookey Elements in The Lottery by Shirley Jackson‚ work together to reveal a theme of a Patriarchal Society through character traits and traditional customs. Paralleling the society during which time the story was written. It is my argument that Shirley Jackson was trying to show the gender roles of that time zone and the repercussions women suffered for seeking equality in the workforce‚ such as how women were perceived during
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the collective mentality is a theme that is represented directly as one of the characters in the story‚ Tessie Hutchinson‚ is subjected to a series of brutal bludgeonings from the other members of her town during an annual human sacrifice ritual. In the story‚ one of the characters‚ Mrs. Delacroix‚ is a personal friend of Tessie Hutchinson‚ yet participates in the throwing of stones at Tessie. This behavior can be explained by the definition of the collective mentality: "When people are part of
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households in each family‚ and members of each household in each family. Just as Mr. Summers turned to the assembled villagers‚ Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson‚ a house wife‚ arrives late just then‚ telling Mrs. Delacroix that she “Clean forgot what day it was” until she noticed that her children had left her house‚ and remembered it was the day of the lottery. Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson than makes her way through the crowd to her husband‚ while the villagers comment on her arrival. Mr. Summers begins the necessity
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In the lottery Mrs. Hutchinson wins and because she followed the crowd and played the game. And that doesn’t work out to well‚ and when the speaker in first they came does what everyone else does he is nearly executed. When the Hutchinson family wins the lottery Tessie Hutchinson is not very happy‚ in paragraph 45 and 46 Tessie says “you didn’t give him enough time to take the paper he wanted. I saw you it wasn’t fair.” Mrs. Graves and Mrs. Delacroix say “be a good sport Tessie when her family is
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manipulation because it controls the villagers. The villagers are being manipulated because of the lottery tradition to kill the person who chooses the paper with the spot. For example‚ in the story‚ the lottery is influencing the villagers to kill Tessie with stones because it is a tradition. The tradition has been played since the first people settled to make a village. However‚ the villagers made up their own way to play the lottery because “The original paraphernalia for the lottery has been lost
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every year and we soon find out‚ from the reactions of the winner of the lottery‚ that it is not something one wants to win. The village gathers‚ light-heartedly making jokes and chatting. The Hutchinson family was the unfortunate winners of the first round and now they must draw among themselves. Mrs. Hutchinson makes an accusation that her husband simply did not have enough time to draw a good slip of paper. The reader can definitely identify this as the first conflict in this story. A woman‚ who previously
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Petitlouis ENC1102 Response Paper #1 revised February 11‚ 2014 What Is Shirley Jackson’s message in “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson’s message in “The Lottery” would happen to be a common case of irony‚ for the unexpected happens to the main character Tessie Hutchinson. The setting is a small unknown village‚ which participates in a gruesome murder every year. Each June 27th a lottery is hosted‚ and a single individual’s fate is chosen by a small piece of paper with a black dot in the center. The story is about
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Chris Hatfield Dr. Wilfred Robles ENGL 2030 05 October 2013 Human Disconnect from Tragedy: An Interpretation Of the Theme in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a story of an anticipated yearly event where the all the citizens of a small town gather together to participate in. The author gives the impression through the light-hearted dialogue among the characters the lottery leads to an event bringing its winner good fortune. As the fortune of the one chosen
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