The Lottery is a short story by Shirley Jackson and is described to be "one of the most famous short stories in the history of American literature." The writing of this short story came very easily to Jackson she wrote it in under two hours and making only two minor corrections. There was actually a lot of confusion about the short story and Jackson received a lot of hate mail. She constantly received letters every day and out of the hundreds Jackson received only thirteen spoke kindly to her and they were mostly from her
