The first example is the way that the author describes the day. As we know, the story ends in an extremely shocking murder; however, the author explains the day as very bright and beautiful and the people as quite boisterous and happy. The author could have easily described the day as dark and dreary to foreshadow tragedy later on, but instead, she intentionally describes it as cheerful to add to the shock experienced by the reader at the …show more content…
Jackson seems to have carefully chosen her character’s names in order to foreshadow the events that are to follow. The sir name of the man who runs the lottery is “Summers.” The lottery takes place in the summer and his name adds to the seeming jubilance of the occasion. His assistant is named Graves; this clearly foreshadows the death to come. In addition to the men who run the lottery, there is also symbolic meanings to many of the names of the citizens who attend it. First, there is Dickie Delacroix. Literary critic Helen Nebeker pointed out that the name “Delacroix” means “of the cross” in French. There is also the highlight of the story- Tessie Hutchinson. Her name may have stemmed from Anne Hutchinson, who was banished from the Puritan Church because she was believed to be a nonconformist. Anne begged and argued to the church leaders, but, much like Tessie, could not persuade