The setting has a very important impact on how the audience understands the meaning of the story. The way readers interpret the story is impacted by the setting, and the time period also has a major effect on how the story is understood. The setting is a very important part of the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. Setting gives the author the ability to create suspense by beginning the story with an optimistic outlook; however, in reality the plot was more intense and disturbing.
For example the beginning paints the story to be an uplifting and positive location when Shirley says, “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.” This shows the way the author describes the setting as an …show more content…
The author describes the town as a very small and tight-knit group of families. The whole village gathers together in the center of town for the lottery the kids would gather, the men would wave to one another, and the women would share gossip together. Many of the people living in the town were friends, and it would be hard not to with the small amount of people living there. The audience can determine this because the author states that “in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner.” Many readers may question how the whole village could go along with the lottery just because it was the tradition. To some it may be hard to believe that a village of close friends and families could be so stolid towards the victim in the lottery. The audience knows that the families were so close with one another, because of the way the setting was described in the
For example the beginning paints the story to be an uplifting and positive location when Shirley says, “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.” This shows the way the author describes the setting as an …show more content…
The author describes the town as a very small and tight-knit group of families. The whole village gathers together in the center of town for the lottery the kids would gather, the men would wave to one another, and the women would share gossip together. Many of the people living in the town were friends, and it would be hard not to with the small amount of people living there. The audience can determine this because the author states that “in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner.” Many readers may question how the whole village could go along with the lottery just because it was the tradition. To some it may be hard to believe that a village of close friends and families could be so stolid towards the victim in the lottery. The audience knows that the families were so close with one another, because of the way the setting was described in the