“It is not fair, it is not right,” Mrs. Hutchinson screamed as rocks proceeded to be hurled at her. “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson is a story about a village with a lottery: a ceremony where one person chosen to die by a stoning. A woman named Tessie Hutchinson arrived late to the village ceremony, but in a joyful mood. Her joyful mood, however quickly vanished when her family was chosen for the lottery, and one of them had to die. The Hutchinson family lined up ,and each person given a paper. The paper with the black dot meant death. Mrs. Hutchinson chose the paper with the dot, and proceeded to be stoned to death. This continues to be a good story because the characters are murderers, insane, and distraught. The characters proceed
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The characters in “The Lottery” proceed to be murderers because every year the village stones a person to death without logical reason. An example from the short story in my own words states when the Hutchinson family stand on the stage and Tessie endured standing up there with the black dot knowing she would die. An text statement from the last page states “Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a clear space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. “It is not fair”, she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Old Man Warner was saying, “Come on, come on, everyone.” Steve Adams was in front of the crowd of villagers, with Mrs. Graves beside him.” This meets my criteria because Mrs. Hutchinson begged the villagers to stop, but they ignored her wishes and killed her. A second example is where a boy just 16 drew papers for his mother and himself. The boy, very nervous when they called his name he says here. A statement that can support this from page three states “A tall boy in the crowd raised his hand, “Here” he said, “I am drawing for my mother and me.” He blinked his eyes nervously and ducked his head as several voices in the crowd said things like “Good, fellow, lack.” and “Glad to see your mother’s got a man to do it.” This meets my criteria because even a young boy alone did not get a break, and if he picked the dot he would be killed even as a child. These examples show why these characters from the village act as murderers when children kill their own mothers, and young boys could be killed before they even raised a family of their
The characters in “The Lottery” proceed to be murderers because every year the village stones a person to death without logical reason. An example from the short story in my own words states when the Hutchinson family stand on the stage and Tessie endured standing up there with the black dot knowing she would die. An text statement from the last page states “Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a clear space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. “It is not fair”, she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Old Man Warner was saying, “Come on, come on, everyone.” Steve Adams was in front of the crowd of villagers, with Mrs. Graves beside him.” This meets my criteria because Mrs. Hutchinson begged the villagers to stop, but they ignored her wishes and killed her. A second example is where a boy just 16 drew papers for his mother and himself. The boy, very nervous when they called his name he says here. A statement that can support this from page three states “A tall boy in the crowd raised his hand, “Here” he said, “I am drawing for my mother and me.” He blinked his eyes nervously and ducked his head as several voices in the crowd said things like “Good, fellow, lack.” and “Glad to see your mother’s got a man to do it.” This meets my criteria because even a young boy alone did not get a break, and if he picked the dot he would be killed even as a child. These examples show why these characters from the village act as murderers when children kill their own mothers, and young boys could be killed before they even raised a family of their