Shirley Phelps-Roper

In The Lottery, Mr. Summers is a jolly man who works in the coal business. Every year the town holds a Lottery amongst the townspeople and Mr. Summers is the host. No one remembers why the lottery is held except that it is just a tradition. In fact, many would like to get rid of it all together but the older townspeople disagree and feel the village would fall apart without it. The story takes place in a small village in the town square. The town’s people gather in the square at 10:00 in the…

The Lottery: Scapegoating and Maintaining Homogeneousness How a person becomes pauperized by society and customs, this is the example given by Shirley Jackson. The title “The Lottery” gives you some signs of winning, but how a whole story executes and takes place is shocking. Shocking in the sense, it shouldn’t have a meaning to win the lottery. This story takes place due to false belief and tradition. Most of the nearby villages have already retarded this tradition. The main question is why…

Despite any differences, two events can have many similarities by relating to one another. Throughout “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, stones are piled up in a corner of the town center until June 27th when the lottery begins. At the town center, each family will draw a slip of paper from a black box. The family that receives the slip with a black dot will redraw individually for each family member. The unfortunate one who draws the black dot is then stoned by the town. During The Hunger Games…

story exemplifies a plot twist shaped by irony. Consequently, The use of irony is present throughout the stories and influences the ending of the story, not only for the characters, but also for the reader. “The Lottery” is a short story written by Shirley Jackson. An annual lottery takes place which ultimately results with the winner being stoned. The use of irony is present from the beginning of the story when Tessie Hutchinson, the story’s protagonist, arrives to the town-hall meeting late,…

central technique used strategically by writers such as Shirley Jackson and Edgar Allen Poe to give readers a unique perspective. The use of setting and irony also play an important role in helping the audience understand a character. In the short story The Lottery, Jackson uses literary devices such as setting and irony to characterize the dark side of a seemingly innocent town. Irony is the contrast between the readers’ expectation and reality. Shirley Jackson strategically uses the title “The…

When you think of the lottery don’t you think of winning money and being rich. Well if it was that case, then in the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson they would be happy not scared. Offortinily this lottery isn’t a good lottery.In this lottery 1 person from every house gets a folded paper and only one person gets a paper that had a black dot. And if you get that one then each and every person gets to throw a rock at you until you die. I know it sounds really cruel. But people thought…

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” exposes a village’s devotion to a murderous ritual. The story illustrates how thoughtlessly individuals devote themselves to a tradition simply because it has been given to them from past generations. It also shows how societies can condone the practice of arbitrarily persecuting individuals. Somehow, each villager in the story supports the annual murder as long as they are not the condemned person. This is poignantly symbolic of the attitude of many people…

outcast in certain groups. Outcasts in society are considered weird, are excluded from events and groups, and people simply treat them differently. What if, though, being the outcast meant life or death? By the end of the “The Lottery”, written by Shirley Jackson, the local free spirit Tessie Hutchinson is the “lucky winner” who learns what this lesson and is subsequently stoned to death for the annual ritual that the town performs. It can be assumed that Jackson was purposefully trying to make…

want on Amazon from the letter A to Z. All in all symbols are used in everyday things from colors to numbers to even logos. You just have to see beyond the text or object in order to see what it symbolically represents. In this 1949 short story by Shirley Jackson, A village of both young children and elders go through a process called the lottery. This event happens every June on the 27th in the middle of the village. As everyone gathered around Tessie Hutchinson was running late since she was…

of formality has been induced. Symbolism is around all of our daily lives and in most cases mold us into who we become. Every single person sees symbolism in a different way and processes it in a different manner. In the 1949 short story by Shirley Jackson. A small town commences its annual tradition of what the people call “The Lottery”. The residence soon gather in town square along the piles of stones the children collected. Mrs. Hutchinson comes running late and moves through the crowd…