1: The reason why Jackson chooses to use common people is so that the majority of the readers could relate. Though it seems that this situation is completely different from what may happen today, it is actually not. The tone that the author wrote with would be exhilaration because the story is named “The Lottery”. In people’s minds, this would mean that the winner would win or gain something of beneficial, but in the end of the story, the winner gets beaten up by getting rocks thrown at him/her.
2: I believe that the original purpose of the lottery has a sense of the Aztec ritual. They would have human sacrifice with the idea that offering something in return to the gods (for creating people) will aid them in having better crops etc…. [“Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.” - 4]
3: It is important to have the original paraphernalia for the lottery because of tradition, and the original meaning of the lottery. The original lottery …show more content…
When she says that being the winner is not fair and right, she is challenging the lottery itself. Why does someone have to be severely hurt or potentially die. What is the use for this tradition, and does it actually work?
5: When people read the story the first time through, they would expect money to be given to the winner. It was a happy story with an entire town trying to have fun a choose a “winner” at random. Once the reader gets to the end, they then realize what the point of the lottery is. The second time reading through the story, they will notice times where it gets a little dark/heartless. When Tessie tires to have her daughter draw with the family, it was not just all fun and games, it was so that there would be a smaller chance of her being the “winner”, and getting brutally beat or sacrificed.
6: The symbolic meaning that Jackson is trying to tell us is that things depend on our own morals, not what society expects from
2: I believe that the original purpose of the lottery has a sense of the Aztec ritual. They would have human sacrifice with the idea that offering something in return to the gods (for creating people) will aid them in having better crops etc…. [“Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.” - 4]
3: It is important to have the original paraphernalia for the lottery because of tradition, and the original meaning of the lottery. The original lottery …show more content…
When she says that being the winner is not fair and right, she is challenging the lottery itself. Why does someone have to be severely hurt or potentially die. What is the use for this tradition, and does it actually work?
5: When people read the story the first time through, they would expect money to be given to the winner. It was a happy story with an entire town trying to have fun a choose a “winner” at random. Once the reader gets to the end, they then realize what the point of the lottery is. The second time reading through the story, they will notice times where it gets a little dark/heartless. When Tessie tires to have her daughter draw with the family, it was not just all fun and games, it was so that there would be a smaller chance of her being the “winner”, and getting brutally beat or sacrificed.
6: The symbolic meaning that Jackson is trying to tell us is that things depend on our own morals, not what society expects from