Foreshadowing In The Lottery

In “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson uses foreshadowing to show how the story’s name might not be what it seems, like the story’s name “The Lottery” you think someone is going to win something. For example, when people were getting called up, Mr. Adams said to Old Man Warner, “They do say,that over in the north village they’re talking of giving up the lottery” (Jackson). This quotation shows that Mr. Adams suggests on giving up the lottery, because there is no need for it and they don’t know why they still continue it. The use of the foreshadowing contributed to the story by ,Mr. Adams is talking about some lotteries in the other village getting given up hinting that is wasn’t a good thing and some people wanted to give it up.
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