Shirley Jackson

The Traditional Rituals In the story "The Lottery" Michelle Jackson provides readers with detailed descriptions of how people can follow ritual traditions so blindly without even thinking about how much sense it really makes to follow such traditions, or how it affects them or their loved ones. The name of the title makes you think that this story is about drawing numbers and winning a prize, but to my surprise it is about how small villages take part in a tradition, ritual every year to be…

The Lottery. Have you ever read the lottery? They have to get together every summer for a drawing. Most of the people doesn’t really want to do the drawing. They all have to go. It’s in summer. Most people want the tradition to end. Why do they even do the drawing? They all have to go and they do stuff they don’t even know why. They have piles of stones in the corner. They seem all happy. They all come with their families. The original paraphernalia for the lottery it was lost long ago. They…

The Museum of Man in Balboa Park, San Diego has recently opened an exhibit titled, Cannibals: Myth and Reality. Open until 2018, the exhibit sheds new light on previous views on cannibalism and helps guests discover that cannibals are not always the monstrous people as displayed in the media. Once past the ick factor, the displays provide a beautiful insight into cannibalism from a culturally relative perspective. Overlooking the room’s unorthodox layout, the exhibit does take the time to…

Because of the chronic mental illness of bipolar disorder, I have guilt on sunny days; and this really sucks seeing as we’re now into summer. I know this might sound weird to your average person, but I actually prefer a rainy day to a sunny one. Rainy days don’t bring about guilt. Sunny days bring about my bipolar guilt. Bipolar Disorder Guilt and Disliking Sunny Days It’s like this: everyone loves sunny days. And why do people love sunny days? They love them because they can get out and about…

Mrs. Tess Hutchinson, wife to Bill Hutchinson and mother of four, has stood out ever since her character was introduced. She is a unique and outgoing woman who tries desperately to fit in with the people 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…

This was so last minute, how did they expect her to make it in time when in her previous location there wasn’t a warp pad to be seen for miles! She had to hunt one down! Hopefully discipline for her tardiness and disorderly conduct won’t be too severe…? Consequently, if it wasn’t a diamond who would dole out punishment then it was gonna be the particularly snappy quartz soldier she had bumped into that would. The soldier had turned, punching Hematite’s shoulder from behind. “Hey! Watch where…

About a year later, in January 1955, the Smithsons would offer their second published remarks on the New Brutalism discourse. The writing was probably a response to Philip Johnson’s review of the Hunstanton School that was published in the AR a few months earlier. This time the article took the place of the magazine’s frontal page, under the guise of an Editor’s Note. It was only at the end of the first paragraph that Crosby explained the article, representing the position of the magazine, was…

It seemed as if everyone was gesturing to the right. The king noticed and gestured to the left, and continued to . Then he heard a roar but it was impossible to know what was behind the door it was they were so big.Then he opened the left door and his identical twin came out, he was blown out of the water, how could he have an identical twin? Were they separated at birth? impossible. He saw a birthmark on his neck, but this was the only difference between them. He was thankful that he was alive,…

In The Lottery a town of about three hundred people hold a drawing every seven years on June 27th along with other surrounding villages. The children play and collect stones while the men nervously talk and joke while the women are the last to show up. The lottery begins when Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves show up with the old black box so people gather and stand with their families. The box contains pieces of paper and written on them is the last name of each family in town a man from each family…

We are gathered here to recognize the contributions Tessie Hutchinson made to this world. Although she is gone now, she will forever be with us, and all the others that have fallen in the lottery. She was a outstanding mother, wife, citizen, and friend in this community, and she will always be remembered as an amazing human being. Her family has been a big part of the community, ever since its beginnings. In order to make a living, her family settled this valley many many years ago. As you…