Globally acclaimed as Jackson 's masterpiece, "The Lottery" infuses the elements of horror, domestic placidity and irony which often, are found separately among different short stories in this collection. The suburban setting that the "The Lottery" is set, is an important aspect. This is because Jackson modeled it after the Vermont community in which she spent much of her adulthood. The town in which the lottery set, is depicted as a normal and pleasant community, which provides readers with insight to her living situation and much of her life.
The essential idea of a lottery in our society is generally a great thing. Whilst the lottery being a tool of evil is the prime irony of this story. That irony contributes to deceiving the reader from catching onto the main idea of the story. Another ironic observation is found at the midpoint during the story. Here we have two men dialoguing about the town that has …show more content…
One of the most prominent examples of this literature is “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”. As O’Connor was born in Georgia, her accuracy on Southern aspects and culture became apparent as I delve into her choices of text within her writing. Her take on Southern Gothic focused on extraordinary events, bizarre characters, and local color to create a mood provoking and uncomfortable illustration of life in the American South.
During "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" Bailey 's mother perceives herself as the ideal southern lady --proper, virtuous, wise. But as you read the text, you begin to gain an understanding of her through her actions, which in turn reveals her as another person. She grooms herself excessively, lies, uses racist language, and envy’s America 's benevolence towards Europe, Post war. She also impulsively blurts out that she recognizes The Misfit. Those ironic notions are not realized until the story takes a tragic turn, where she realizes she isn’t who she thinks she
The essential idea of a lottery in our society is generally a great thing. Whilst the lottery being a tool of evil is the prime irony of this story. That irony contributes to deceiving the reader from catching onto the main idea of the story. Another ironic observation is found at the midpoint during the story. Here we have two men dialoguing about the town that has …show more content…
One of the most prominent examples of this literature is “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”. As O’Connor was born in Georgia, her accuracy on Southern aspects and culture became apparent as I delve into her choices of text within her writing. Her take on Southern Gothic focused on extraordinary events, bizarre characters, and local color to create a mood provoking and uncomfortable illustration of life in the American South.
During "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" Bailey 's mother perceives herself as the ideal southern lady --proper, virtuous, wise. But as you read the text, you begin to gain an understanding of her through her actions, which in turn reveals her as another person. She grooms herself excessively, lies, uses racist language, and envy’s America 's benevolence towards Europe, Post war. She also impulsively blurts out that she recognizes The Misfit. Those ironic notions are not realized until the story takes a tragic turn, where she realizes she isn’t who she thinks she