Surprise endings are common in modern day short stories, but these particular endings do vary in believability like the story, “The Lottery.” This story 's ending was a huge surprise for the audience, but it wasn’t very believable if one relates it to reality. In the story, everyone acted like nothing was going on, but someone was going to die at the end of that day. In reality, these people would of either left that village years ago or there would be a stop to this “tradition.” This is what makes the ending so unbelievable; nobody would want to take this risk of death by just a tradition once every year. Also, the village only contains about 300 people, so the risk of getting picked from the lottery is significantly high. Nobody in reality
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This special day, June 27th, to the villagers is described as “clear and sunny.” It’s just another usual summer day while everyone gathers the square for this lottery. Nothing is uncommon about this day; the flowers were “blossoming” and the grass was “richly green.” This beautiful day foreshadows to the audience that it’s just going to be a regular summer day; not a day where someone’s life is going to get taken away. If the author would of described the day as mucky and gross, then the readers could suspect a death in the ending. Since the day is described as so gorgeous and wonderful, the readers think that nothing bad will happen. These clues from the author makes it very unbelievable that in the end someone is going to get pelted with dozens of rocks. Shirley Jackson sets the mood early in the story to make it seem like everything was going to be okay. The way the day was described made the end of the lottery very unbelievable. Even though anything could happen on a “clear and sunny” day, no reader would expect a death at the end. It’s very unbelievable and unrealistic in an everyday short story; it’s very hard to believe someone could die in a fiction story with such a bright setting to it. The author used setting very ironically to make the audience think it was going to be a pleasant …show more content…
They are obviously believable for non-fiction, but when one makes up a surprise ending it can can be very hard to believe. “The Lottery” had an ending no audience could ever see coming, but the believability of it was very low. The setting early in the story described by the author foreshadowed that the “fresh warmth of a full-summer day” was going to be just another summer day. The positive attitudes that the children, the men, and the women had showed the readers that it was just a regular day in the village. All these characteristics made the readers believe that nothing bad was going to happen to anyone. When Tessie Hutchinson got pelted with tons of rocks by her friends and even family, the audience realized this ending was very unbelievable. There could be so many things to be done to get rid of this tragic lottery. If it was truly realistic and believable, the villagers would be doing everything they can to stop this tradition and save their own lives that are in deep danger. Anyone can get chosen, but only one dies out of about 300 people. Nobody in the real world would ever even take that risk; in this story people are acting so calm and relaxed. It makes it very hard to believe that someone is going to die when the rest of the village has such positive attitudes. Also, the author describes the story very
This special day, June 27th, to the villagers is described as “clear and sunny.” It’s just another usual summer day while everyone gathers the square for this lottery. Nothing is uncommon about this day; the flowers were “blossoming” and the grass was “richly green.” This beautiful day foreshadows to the audience that it’s just going to be a regular summer day; not a day where someone’s life is going to get taken away. If the author would of described the day as mucky and gross, then the readers could suspect a death in the ending. Since the day is described as so gorgeous and wonderful, the readers think that nothing bad will happen. These clues from the author makes it very unbelievable that in the end someone is going to get pelted with dozens of rocks. Shirley Jackson sets the mood early in the story to make it seem like everything was going to be okay. The way the day was described made the end of the lottery very unbelievable. Even though anything could happen on a “clear and sunny” day, no reader would expect a death at the end. It’s very unbelievable and unrealistic in an everyday short story; it’s very hard to believe someone could die in a fiction story with such a bright setting to it. The author used setting very ironically to make the audience think it was going to be a pleasant …show more content…
They are obviously believable for non-fiction, but when one makes up a surprise ending it can can be very hard to believe. “The Lottery” had an ending no audience could ever see coming, but the believability of it was very low. The setting early in the story described by the author foreshadowed that the “fresh warmth of a full-summer day” was going to be just another summer day. The positive attitudes that the children, the men, and the women had showed the readers that it was just a regular day in the village. All these characteristics made the readers believe that nothing bad was going to happen to anyone. When Tessie Hutchinson got pelted with tons of rocks by her friends and even family, the audience realized this ending was very unbelievable. There could be so many things to be done to get rid of this tragic lottery. If it was truly realistic and believable, the villagers would be doing everything they can to stop this tradition and save their own lives that are in deep danger. Anyone can get chosen, but only one dies out of about 300 people. Nobody in the real world would ever even take that risk; in this story people are acting so calm and relaxed. It makes it very hard to believe that someone is going to die when the rest of the village has such positive attitudes. Also, the author describes the story very