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The story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is directed to the question about social behavior in the groups of people. In my opinion, the scene is built on their perception of different rules that were created by individuals with higher rank. The beginning of the novel has very positive and happy tone that is different from the unpredictable and ruthless ending. The villagers have to obey the rules and participate in the event each summer. They are oppressed by the regulations that nobody likes and do not understand their meaning. Jackson describes just one of the many lotteries that used to happen to many villages. By picking up the lottery ticket people are deciding their future. Some of them will be lucky and can live until next summer but one person has to risk …show more content…
Jackson takes Mrs. Hutchinson is a symbol of hope. She is one of the people who is trying to fight and defend their ideas. Nevertheless, the group’s needs in the story are more important than individual rights and opinions. On page 6 of the story she is trying to protest: “I think we ought to start over. I tell you it wasn’t fair...” However, nobody listens to her, and everything goes on. The tone of her voice is very calm because Mrs. Hutchinson does not want to show worry and weakness. Jackson stresses that she said her phrase “as quietly as she could”. The poor mother does not want to believe that her family was chosen to be punished to death. After Mrs. Hutchinson got the marked paper, she became an outsider and now no one cares about her anymore. Even though, someone gave her little daughter “few pebbles”. Jackson makes the accent on the mother’s pose and shows despair by using the phrase: “She held her hands out desperately as villagers moved in on her.” Her whole idea of this unfair choice was destroyed, and life was ended. The last words of screaming woman could the main echoes of this story: “It isn’t fair, it isn’t
The story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is directed to the question about social behavior in the groups of people. In my opinion, the scene is built on their perception of different rules that were created by individuals with higher rank. The beginning of the novel has very positive and happy tone that is different from the unpredictable and ruthless ending. The villagers have to obey the rules and participate in the event each summer. They are oppressed by the regulations that nobody likes and do not understand their meaning. Jackson describes just one of the many lotteries that used to happen to many villages. By picking up the lottery ticket people are deciding their future. Some of them will be lucky and can live until next summer but one person has to risk …show more content…
Jackson takes Mrs. Hutchinson is a symbol of hope. She is one of the people who is trying to fight and defend their ideas. Nevertheless, the group’s needs in the story are more important than individual rights and opinions. On page 6 of the story she is trying to protest: “I think we ought to start over. I tell you it wasn’t fair...” However, nobody listens to her, and everything goes on. The tone of her voice is very calm because Mrs. Hutchinson does not want to show worry and weakness. Jackson stresses that she said her phrase “as quietly as she could”. The poor mother does not want to believe that her family was chosen to be punished to death. After Mrs. Hutchinson got the marked paper, she became an outsider and now no one cares about her anymore. Even though, someone gave her little daughter “few pebbles”. Jackson makes the accent on the mother’s pose and shows despair by using the phrase: “She held her hands out desperately as villagers moved in on her.” Her whole idea of this unfair choice was destroyed, and life was ended. The last words of screaming woman could the main echoes of this story: “It isn’t fair, it isn’t