Tesla Schmidt
Mrs. Briscoe
English 1 Honors
7 September 2017
Violence in “The Lottery”
“The Lottery,” written by Shirley Jackson, features a small village with about 300 residents who anxiously wait for an event. At first the town seems to be cheerful, doing normal activities like children running around and adults talking to one another. As soon as the old man, Mr. Summer, enters with a box, an eerie feeling befalls the villagers. Replacing the before enthusiastic atmosphere. It just so happens that the entire town is playing a special lottery to decide who will be sacrifice in order to get a good harvest that year. The villagers get to throw stones at the “winner” until they die. Jackson portrays a reality of pointless violence in “The Lottery” to shock the readers.
An obvious theme in this short story is the shocking violence done to poor Mrs. Hutchinson at the end. The entire village conspires …show more content…
His character reflects how the community acted as a whole. The most important hint is the fact that when people tell Old Man Warner that the other villages have already givin up the lottery, he tells them that young folks have it all wrong and misfortune will befall people who don't follow tradition. Nobody doubts him.
In the story that Jackson created, humanity is dictated by fear and a resistance to evolve. Characters act like puppets without a conscience. The only few emotions the village showed was anxiousness, relief, and finally violence. None of the adults care to make personal connections with one another other than to gossip and work. Basically, there is no sense of individualism in this story. No matter how desperate Mrs. Hutchinson pleads to avoid death, the community acts under tradition and imitation of others. Everyone is scared for themselves and doesn’t give a single thought about the safety of
Mrs. Briscoe
English 1 Honors
7 September 2017
Violence in “The Lottery”
“The Lottery,” written by Shirley Jackson, features a small village with about 300 residents who anxiously wait for an event. At first the town seems to be cheerful, doing normal activities like children running around and adults talking to one another. As soon as the old man, Mr. Summer, enters with a box, an eerie feeling befalls the villagers. Replacing the before enthusiastic atmosphere. It just so happens that the entire town is playing a special lottery to decide who will be sacrifice in order to get a good harvest that year. The villagers get to throw stones at the “winner” until they die. Jackson portrays a reality of pointless violence in “The Lottery” to shock the readers.
An obvious theme in this short story is the shocking violence done to poor Mrs. Hutchinson at the end. The entire village conspires …show more content…
His character reflects how the community acted as a whole. The most important hint is the fact that when people tell Old Man Warner that the other villages have already givin up the lottery, he tells them that young folks have it all wrong and misfortune will befall people who don't follow tradition. Nobody doubts him.
In the story that Jackson created, humanity is dictated by fear and a resistance to evolve. Characters act like puppets without a conscience. The only few emotions the village showed was anxiousness, relief, and finally violence. None of the adults care to make personal connections with one another other than to gossip and work. Basically, there is no sense of individualism in this story. No matter how desperate Mrs. Hutchinson pleads to avoid death, the community acts under tradition and imitation of others. Everyone is scared for themselves and doesn’t give a single thought about the safety of