Analysis of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

Summary “The Lottery”, is a short story written by Shirley Jackson. The setting is a rural village in which it’s people frantically prepare for a yearly ritual. The ritual, referred to as “the lottery”, creates an atmosphere of apprehension and anticipation. While the children were summoned to retrieve stones, Mr. Summers carried the black box of names to the front of the crowd. When all of the families are finally together, the ceremony begins. All but one man remains that remembers the true…

the right to say no to the lottery. On page 743 it says, “‘It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,’ Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her” (Jackson). The tradition took away the rights and freedom of the individuals. When Mrs. Hutchinson was chosen for the lottery she kept trying to fight back even until the end. She kept fighting for her voice to be heard, but it was not heard by the people. Mrs. Hutchinson needed a follower to help her fight against the lottery because the first…

"The Lottery" Visual Analysis Shirley Jackson was born on December 14, 1919, in San Fransisco, California. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1940. Her most famous work is "The Lottery", which one the "O Henry Prize Stories". Her other works include a children's novel "Nine Magic Wishes", two humorous memoirs called "Raising Demons" and "Life Among the Savages". She has garnered multiple Best American Short Stories. Majority Of Shirley Jackson's work is very odd and macabre that has…

The purpose of this study is to make a brief analysis of a short story by using the means of literary term of the theme. The aim of analyzing this story is to try to figure out how the author used certain element and figures through the symbolism in order to create a deeper theme in the story. Aplication of the traditions play a significant role in the story of the Lottery by Shirley Jackson. Meanwhile, as the modernization creates a gap between the older and younger generations in the story,…

Shirley Jackson’s, The Lottery, is a short story that exhibits the corruption in society. The story initially describes a small village whose lives are significantly embroidered upon an annual ritual known as “the lottery.” Allegedly, the ritual is done to ensure a healthy harvest and simply because it has always been done. As part of the ritual, slips of paper are put into a black box that will later be drawn by the families of the village. Unfortunately, the family who draws the slip of paper…

Analysis of “The Lottery” and “The Cask of Amontillado” Psychoanalytic theory is based on Freud’s idea that we can realise what does person’s thinks and feels if we look at what he or she perceives in his mind (Psychoanalytic Criticism (1930's-present)). Moreover, it follows that by analysing one of the author’s characters we are really analysing the author itself. We do not need to believe this as a whole. We believe based on experience and on some Psychological theories, that the main…

It was a beautiful warm, sunny day in June. In the story “The Lottery,” it was anything but a typical day. The villagers gathered in the center of town, the grass was green and the flowers were blooming. All seemed fair while the townsfolk gathered to prepare for the yearly tradition of the lottery. In “The Story of an Hour,” Louise Mallard relates that the sky is blue, there are people singing in the distance, and the birds were twittering. Consequently, she too was unaware of what was…

The American short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson takes place in a farm dependent town that still goes by tradition. The community has long forgotten the meaning of the traditional lottery, but they still go through with it solely for tradition’s sake. Each man must choose a slip of paper, and then the family of the man who picked the black dot must draw again. Tessie, the wife of Bill whom chose the dot, exclaimed that the process wasn 't fair, but her statement didn’t stop the…

assigned three interesting and mi¬nd consuming essay assignments: Analysis Essay, the Synthesis Essay, and the Research Essay, and these three essays were milestone points in my Writing 102 career. The Analysis Essay was first of the three major essays in the class, and this essay focused…