The Lottery Shirley Jackson Character Analysis

For my short essay, I have chosen to write about The Lottery. The lottery to me provides epic amount of material to write about in this essay. In this essay, I would like to contribute my take on what I believe what Shirley Jackson meant by her characterization of character presented in this short story as well as try my hand at trying to decipher the message she was attempting to get across from her conflict and ending.
First, Shirley Jackson describe boys playing with stones on a nice summer day while the girls look on, fathers discuss “men” things, and mothers discussing “women” things while reuniting with their husbands. Unbeknownst to the audiences those stones will be used as murder weapons for the so called “winner” of the lottery. It is interesting that she decided to portrait that in the story. It provides the audience a sense of comfort while reading about the innocence of boys simply playing with stones. Another thing that is interesting is the fact that she specifically stated that the parents were away from the pile of stones that the boys were accumulating. When I finished the story, it made me think that she was trying to illustrate the vast difference of feelings about the lottery from the adults to the children. The kids with their youthfulness and naivety didn’t fully understand really the stakes of the lottery all that they were seeing was fun while the adults were fully aware what was at stakes. Someone’s family will go home a person lighter than when they showed up. Suddenly, when the Mr. Summers came you …show more content…
She was so intricate in how she gave just enough details to get a certain reaction, for example, unsettledness and comfort, but not enough to give away the plot of the story. I may have went a little out there with my theory behind the meaning of this story, but it had a very powerful message to me. It was subtle yet profound when you processed