Mohd Asyraf Md Daud
Professor Margene L. Petersen
English 103
3rd May 2015
Project 1
Dangers of Blindly Following Tradition “The Lottery” is a dystopian short story written by Shirley Jackson on 1948. The author introduces the main character, Tessie Hutchinson in the middle of the story. At the beginning of the story, everyone in the village seems very excited to do the lottery. Tessie who came late also seems excited and cannot wait for the event to start until she is the one who drew a marked paper. Then suddenly she said it was not fair, but nobody cares and all of them start to throw stones to her. This lottery is their tradition and it seems not right, but the people in this village still do the lottery until they are the one who was …show more content…
She was mentioned in the middle of the story. She is also the only person who arrives late to the lottery. “Clean forgot what day it was,” (5) said Tessie to Mrs. Delacroix immediately made she stands out as someone different from the other villagers and perhaps even threatening. The only person who did not come to the lottery is Clyde Dunbar, this is because he broke his leg. Everyone else who does not have any excuses come to the lottery, and everyone comes on time, which shows this event is very important. Tessie’s late arrival seems inappropriate and even unpardonable. Although Tessie quickly settles into the crowd and joins the lottery like everyone else, Jackson set her apart as a kind of free spirit who was able to forget about the lottery entirely as she performed her chores. Maybe because she is a free spirit, Tessie is the only one who protest against the lottery. “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair!” (8) Shouted Tessie to Mr. Summers, the one who conducted the lottery after his husband, Bill Hutchinson drew a paper from a black box. However, no one cares about Tessie’s protest, even her husband said, “shut up, Tessie.” …show more content…
Old Man Warner, the oldest villager who survived seventy-seven times the lottery supposed to have a power to end this and can think rationally about the cons of this event that occur on June 27 every year. However, he is the one who snorted when another villager, Mr. Adam said that the other villages already started to stop the lottery. “Listening to the young folks, nothing’s good enough for them. Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while.” (8) Replied Old Man
Professor Margene L. Petersen
English 103
3rd May 2015
Project 1
Dangers of Blindly Following Tradition “The Lottery” is a dystopian short story written by Shirley Jackson on 1948. The author introduces the main character, Tessie Hutchinson in the middle of the story. At the beginning of the story, everyone in the village seems very excited to do the lottery. Tessie who came late also seems excited and cannot wait for the event to start until she is the one who drew a marked paper. Then suddenly she said it was not fair, but nobody cares and all of them start to throw stones to her. This lottery is their tradition and it seems not right, but the people in this village still do the lottery until they are the one who was …show more content…
She was mentioned in the middle of the story. She is also the only person who arrives late to the lottery. “Clean forgot what day it was,” (5) said Tessie to Mrs. Delacroix immediately made she stands out as someone different from the other villagers and perhaps even threatening. The only person who did not come to the lottery is Clyde Dunbar, this is because he broke his leg. Everyone else who does not have any excuses come to the lottery, and everyone comes on time, which shows this event is very important. Tessie’s late arrival seems inappropriate and even unpardonable. Although Tessie quickly settles into the crowd and joins the lottery like everyone else, Jackson set her apart as a kind of free spirit who was able to forget about the lottery entirely as she performed her chores. Maybe because she is a free spirit, Tessie is the only one who protest against the lottery. “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair!” (8) Shouted Tessie to Mr. Summers, the one who conducted the lottery after his husband, Bill Hutchinson drew a paper from a black box. However, no one cares about Tessie’s protest, even her husband said, “shut up, Tessie.” …show more content…
Old Man Warner, the oldest villager who survived seventy-seven times the lottery supposed to have a power to end this and can think rationally about the cons of this event that occur on June 27 every year. However, he is the one who snorted when another villager, Mr. Adam said that the other villages already started to stop the lottery. “Listening to the young folks, nothing’s good enough for them. Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while.” (8) Replied Old Man