or rules even if they are cruel and unjust. In Shirley Jackson’s fiction story‚ The Lottery‚ the story centers around a small town where they practice an unusual tradition every year known as “ The Lottery ”. The story mainly focuses around the Hutchinson family (which are the main protagonists of the story) and them being selected in The Lottery. The Lottery is held by Mr.Summers (which is the antagonist of the story) and is mandatory by law. The Lottery works likes this‚ Every man of the family
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Stacey Jones Short fiction paper 11/06/12 Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a chilling tale of a small town whose people had to participate in a lottery each year. The first onset of this reading depictures a story of hope. The first few paragraphs shows truth in what you would think is going to be a heartfelt happy story; it was clear and sunny‚ with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green
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When Mrs. Hutchinson says‚ “There’s Don and Eva” (3)‚ she is trying to have her daughter drug into the situation that she is in because she is still family‚ and so that there is less of a chance that she will end up choosing the black dotted paper. This shows that Mrs. Hutchinson tries to do everything within her power to have a better chance to save herself. It also shows that humans will go
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The idea that lemmings will commit mass suicide every few years by jumping off cliffs and drowning in the seas below were once attributed to drops in the lemming population. In theory‚ once a few lemmings died‚ other lemmings rapidly followed. While the lemming suicide hypothesis is a mere myth‚ it parallels a vulnerable aspect of human society--- following the crowd can have dangerous consequences. For example‚ look at the fictional world of a short story: “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. In its
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stoning family members helps grow the crops. Once Tessie Hutchinson saw that her father had won the lottery she said ‘’’I tell you it wasn’t fair. You didn’t give him enough time to choose. Everybody saw that.’’’ Tessie’s words cause the audience to gain on Tessie’s innocence and also the audience thinks differently about the lottery game and why Tessie was not happy with winning. The situational irony causes the audience to contemplate the reasons why Tessie is gloomy with winning. Le Guin has used
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Jackson uses to create a sense of horror is plot. When Tessie Hutchinson finds out that her husband and head of the family‚ Bill‚ has drawn the marked piece of paper she starts shouting out that “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper her wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair!” so everyone should have to draw again‚ it is starting to become clear that being the winner of this lottery is not a good thing. This is made even clearer when Tessie starts trying to have her in-laws added to the roster
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Female agency implicates on putting the female at the center‚ which has been explored to a certain degree in the characters Tessie Hutchinson in Jackson’s “The lottery”‚ Louise Mallard in Chopin’s “ The story of an Hour” as well as Joyce’s “ Eveline.” The three stories arise together from the unavoidable fact of women discrimination and patriarchy. This conflict is the key factor on explaining the main point of the stories which is the attack of the society’s ideas of fear‚ equality‚ and freedom
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without taking a peek‚ while others take their turn. I can’t help but wonder what went through their minds as they stood waiting to see who would be the “winner” this year. Or how it felt for Mr. Hutchinson‚ when he found the black dot on his slip‚ knowing it was his family to make the sacrifice. How did Tessie feel when the family had to each take a slip and she found that it was in fact her‚ who would not be going home that day. Did it cross her mind that maybe if she hadn’t been late arriving‚ things
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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 "The Lottery‚" were the main character Tessie Hutchinson‚ because she claimed the lottery drawing wasn’t fair. Hutchinson has always been afraid‚ but this time she felt something wasn’t going to go well as before. It was like she knew there
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Interpretation of Literature 4/23/2014 Topic 2 – Othering Shirley Jackson’s story‚ “The Lottery”‚ takes place on June 27th in a very small village of about only 300 people. This day is what they call the day of the lottery‚ hence the title. The Lottery is a tradition they have done for years‚ where the entire village gathers in the square‚ wait for their name to be called‚ which they then pick a small piece of paper from a black box‚ and patiently wait for everyone to pick their piece of paper
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