In the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, villagers of a small town gather together on a beautiful day for the annual town lottery. This lottery requires that all the members of the community draw sheets of paper to determine a “winner”. The person who pulls the card with the black dot is the “winner”. The winner of this lottery ends up being stoned to death by the entire community due to an ancient ritual that says their crops will grow better when someone gets stoned (human sacrifice). The community members do not even remember the purpose of this tradition or where it came from but yet they still participate in it every year. This story presents many themes. One of the major themes of this story surrounds a tradition. The tradition
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The narrator of The Lottery only tells the reader about the process of the lottery. This point of view affects the story because the readers do not get to know the character’s thoughts, or feelings. If this story was told in a different point of view, such as first person, that would have made a big difference, in a bad way. It would have ruined the shocking ending because the readers would then be able to know what the characters were thinking the whole time and that they were really nervous about this “lottery”. Third person objective really served this story well. The setting took place in a relatively small town with approximately a population of 300 people. The narrator starts off the story stating that it was a clear and sunny day, with green grass and blossoming flowers. The author used the setting to create atmosphere and mood, underscore irony and also to show symbolism. As the reader starts reading the story, they think it is going to be a good normal day but it ends up being a day full of evil and violence. The Lottery has a cultural aspect to it. It shows how people will blindly follow traditions regardless of how evil or dangerous it may …show more content…
His words are specific, not abstract or general. He used standard vocabulary and not too many long words. The diction used in this story changes through the beginning and the end. He uses diction to adjust the tone. The diction level is conversational and informal. One example of this is in the first line, when the author says “the morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day”. His use of diction here shows a lot of imagery and figurative language that leads the reader to believe that it really is going to be a good summers day. Soon after, the diction changes as things start to get suspicious. For example, he used descriptions when describing certain events such as when he said “his face red and his feet overlarge, near knocked the box over as he got the paper out”. The author left a lot of room for the readers to assume what was going to happen but the ending was
The narrator of The Lottery only tells the reader about the process of the lottery. This point of view affects the story because the readers do not get to know the character’s thoughts, or feelings. If this story was told in a different point of view, such as first person, that would have made a big difference, in a bad way. It would have ruined the shocking ending because the readers would then be able to know what the characters were thinking the whole time and that they were really nervous about this “lottery”. Third person objective really served this story well. The setting took place in a relatively small town with approximately a population of 300 people. The narrator starts off the story stating that it was a clear and sunny day, with green grass and blossoming flowers. The author used the setting to create atmosphere and mood, underscore irony and also to show symbolism. As the reader starts reading the story, they think it is going to be a good normal day but it ends up being a day full of evil and violence. The Lottery has a cultural aspect to it. It shows how people will blindly follow traditions regardless of how evil or dangerous it may …show more content…
His words are specific, not abstract or general. He used standard vocabulary and not too many long words. The diction used in this story changes through the beginning and the end. He uses diction to adjust the tone. The diction level is conversational and informal. One example of this is in the first line, when the author says “the morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day”. His use of diction here shows a lot of imagery and figurative language that leads the reader to believe that it really is going to be a good summers day. Soon after, the diction changes as things start to get suspicious. For example, he used descriptions when describing certain events such as when he said “his face red and his feet overlarge, near knocked the box over as he got the paper out”. The author left a lot of room for the readers to assume what was going to happen but the ending was