A theme that you can construct from the story “The lottery” is “The danger of blindly following tradition.” This theme is shown thru many techniques Shirley Jackson uses in the story.The villagers should stop this tradition that is messing with a person's death faith.
One of the techniques shirley jackson uses is dialogue. She uses this technique by making the characters sound nervous and worried about what will happen next.”A tall boy in the crowd raised his hand.”Here”,he said. Im drawing for my mother and me” He blinked his eyes nervously and ducked his head …”(pg.219). Also it says ,”A girl whispered i hope it’s not nancy” Usually a friend is supportive if it’s a a good reason but of course if it a bad ending your friend will hope it’s …show more content…
The black box has been used for the lottery for many many years in this case the black box represents more than just the lottery, it represents the villages tradition. ”The black box grew shabbier each year:by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along the one side to show the original wood color, in some places faded or stained”. With the box nearly falling apart the villagers didn't want to make a new box “as no one liked to upset as much tradition…” The only reason the villagers won't let the box go is because that the way the lottery has been as long as they can remember.But in reality there is no reason why the villagers should hold on to such tradition of death,Unless it has to do something with their religion,or they are scared to leave both the black box and the lottery.After all of this the black box is most likely to represent the tradition falling apart as more people think this should not continue on.But no one wants to stand up to mr.summers as he is the one who holds some power in the
One of the techniques shirley jackson uses is dialogue. She uses this technique by making the characters sound nervous and worried about what will happen next.”A tall boy in the crowd raised his hand.”Here”,he said. Im drawing for my mother and me” He blinked his eyes nervously and ducked his head …”(pg.219). Also it says ,”A girl whispered i hope it’s not nancy” Usually a friend is supportive if it’s a a good reason but of course if it a bad ending your friend will hope it’s …show more content…
The black box has been used for the lottery for many many years in this case the black box represents more than just the lottery, it represents the villages tradition. ”The black box grew shabbier each year:by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along the one side to show the original wood color, in some places faded or stained”. With the box nearly falling apart the villagers didn't want to make a new box “as no one liked to upset as much tradition…” The only reason the villagers won't let the box go is because that the way the lottery has been as long as they can remember.But in reality there is no reason why the villagers should hold on to such tradition of death,Unless it has to do something with their religion,or they are scared to leave both the black box and the lottery.After all of this the black box is most likely to represent the tradition falling apart as more people think this should not continue on.But no one wants to stand up to mr.summers as he is the one who holds some power in the