Shirley’s Jackson’s “The lottery shows how the upper class in the society can control the working class throught fear and psychological manipulation, and live in luxury while those around them suffer. The politics and economies in the story both show this, and the main ideas can even be linked to history. The carefree way the story is only told reinforces this idea, making it more horrifying to the reader.
As for the politics, the ruling class in the short story rules both through fear and manipulation of the proletariat. Mr. Summers, being the most powerful man in the village, uses both methods effectively. This is made very clear when he is first introduced, He was a round-faced, jovial man and he ran the coal business, and people were sorry
As for the politics, the ruling class in the short story rules both through fear and manipulation of the proletariat. Mr. Summers, being the most powerful man in the village, uses both methods effectively. This is made very clear when he is first introduced, He was a round-faced, jovial man and he ran the coal business, and people were sorry