Lottery

“The Lottery” and “The Man to Send Rainclouds” are quite similar since the stories both have a ritual. In “The Lottery” their ritual isn’t held together by its tradition and overall loses it’s meaning; meanwhile in “The Man to Send Rainclouds” their ritual is kept to its tradition and is done in hopes of getting rain for the crops. These two stories show what happens when tradition is kept and when it is lost along the way. Being aware of the expected ceremonies helps to maintain the integrity…

In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” (1948), she conveys through her character’s actions the morbid reality of what people are willing to do in order to survive. Jackson created the image of a cheerful small village where everyone knows everyone to make the reader realize that surviving is human nature. And the actions needed for survival can be anywhere and at any time. By using ‘the lottery’ to choose a human sacrifice, Jackson is able to directly convey a theme of survival. Each character in…

Lawrence and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson are quite different by quite similar as well. Both authors use Gambling, love and having no love as themes. Gambling in the “Lottery” is right there upfront and in your face straight from reading the title to the announcement of the winner. Lotteries are a form of gambling. In the “Rocking Horse Winner” it’s not so in your face but comes about half way when Paul the son starts to bet on horses as well as his life. In the “Lottery” the uncontested…

of the town. Tess is so eager to be at the lottery but as soon as circumstances become personal, she is willing to give up anything to make sure that her destiny is a good one. Tess Hutchinson demands to be seen and heard. She arrived to the lottery quickly, covered in cleaning supplies, and slid into the back of the crowd while announcing to Mrs. Delacroix and the surrounding people that she “clean forgot what day it was” (8). She was late to the lottery because she lost track of time while…

of life, so doing away with it, like other towns have, would make them look like a “pack of crazy fools” according to some townspeople. Elton Gahr mentions that “this box is a symbol because it is one of the only connections to the origin of the lottery...you can not question a tradition once it has moved beyond reason to simply the way things are done” (Garh 19). The black box also adds illogical loyalty to the story on how it blinds people from what they are doing to their fellow villagers.…

Shirley Jackson’s Stories Shirley Jackson’s stories The Possibility of Evil and The Lottery are full of literary structural elements. Many authors use structural elements while creating a purpose and meaning while writing. Structural elements are used as a template in writing to help the reader better understand the nuances of the story. In other words, by giving the reader structural elements it helps create a foundation for the writing of the story. Not only do the majority of authors…

their bigoted beliefs. Many times, humans have sacrificed others to maintain these egocentric beliefs and many authors have expressed this dark part of humanity. In the play Merchant Of Venice, the novel To Kill A Mockingbird and the short story The Lottery the authors are trying to tell us that human beings are willing to sacrifice others to maintain their twisted beliefs. In the play The Merchant of Venice, selfishness is shown by the Venetians who profess Christianity but have no integrity…

way to test this hypothesis would be through the interviewing of lottery players and lottery winners focusing particularly on those who come from a low-economic background and comparing them to middle-class players. Through the interviews, the researcher will assess the possible different wants and needs of the lottery players and winners. The interviewer will also ask some questions…

both bragging). That’s why happiness is relative, because it is relative to you and only you. The success of true happiness is looking into other people’s bowls to see if they have enough-- not if they have more than you. Because the money from the lottery is just a materialistic ability to make your life not as bad, does not mean your life will be better because everyone else’s life is worse than you. Your happiness is only based on you, and the money you win on a scratch off ticket from 7-11…

Surprising Science of Happiness 1. In the Tedtalk given by Dan Gilbert, he talks about lottery winners and paraplegics and asks the audience which one we would prefer? He did this because most people would just assume that the lottery winners would naturally be happier. His point, however, was that despite what most would think, lottery winners were not much happier than their control group and both the lottery winners and control group were only slightly happier than paraplegics. He did this…