What Is The Meaning Of The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

The lottery by Shirley Jackson, is a short story about a small town that holds a lottery once a year. Every year during the month of June the lottery is held, one person is carelessly selected to be stoned until death by the villagers. For the past seventy years the villagers has held the annual lottery. By using metaphor, Mrs. Jackson uses characters names, objects, and the setting to hide the true meaning and purpose of what the lottery really is. When using the characters names possession important to the lottery. Mrs. Jackson uses significant names to point out and suggest what will happen after the lottery is taken place. The meaning of “Delacroix” (Jackson, 139) is from a French word that means “of the cross.” In the sentence, “…the villagers would use the name “Dellacroy” (Jackson, 139) in the wrong context and this showed that the townspeople using “Delacroix” name incorrectly, this would provoke the Christians symbol of killing. The name of the man conducting the lottery is …show more content…
the author tells of a town where “flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.” (Jackson, 139). Jackson wanted her readers to accept that she was writing about a small town that was normal and harmless, but the story ends with shocking details of stoning innocent villagers until death. There are many reader that are stunned by the book, and believe that Jacksons book was nothing but fiction, but in life religious persecution takes place all over the world, some reader will not accept the terrible truth. In conclusion, the way that the lottery uses it symbolism is evident, the writer incidentally implicated the facts of the lottery by the names, objects, and setting. It is my belief the lottery is significant in the world today because the writing in the story was not made clear enough. The story itself is based on traditions that happen not just in the world of the