Shirley Phelps-Roper

In Shirley Jackson’s deceiving short story “The Lottery,” an annual lottery is held by the community of a small town. Making the story deceiving, Jackson ends with the townspeople stoning the “winner” of the lottery to death. The annual lottery is a tradition the town has held for as long as the townspeople can remember. Although tradition has often been perceived as a positive idea, in “The Lottery,” it is the opposite. Tradition has caused the townspeople to become violent and inhumane, and…

The Lottery is a short story by Shirley Jackson about tradition, family, and death. The story begins by telling us about the morning of the mysterious “lottery”. The morning is described as “clear and sunny,” and the author continues to tell about what a nice day it was. The lottery has been long lived in this town, as well as the surrounding ones, and the lottery in this town in particular is run by Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves; these men work very hard to make sure that the rituals are preserved…

Secondly, the villagers who participate in the lottery do not follow the ritual seriously. This can be distinguished by when the population jokes around with the community about the ceremony. The quote,”Bad enough to see young Joe Summers up there joking with everybody,” displays how they do not care about this event, and how they view this major event with less importance. They are making a joke about something that once was accepted with a purpose, that had been passed on from multiple…

“The Lottery”, written by Shirley Jackson, is a fictional story set in a society of farming and tradition. The lottery, an annual event in the story, is dark and barbaric; this illustrates the negative side of tradition in a seemingly beautiful community. The illusion of a purity and beauty is portrayed in the description of the setting and by the character’s names and dialog. After reading the story a second time it becomes apparent that the scene and characters created a sense of irony to the…

“ The Lottery” In the short story “ The Lottery by: Shirley Jackson” the characters have different feelings about the lottery. One of the characters Mrs. Hutchinson looks like she doesn’t like the lottery at all, Old man Warner was a man who has been in the lottery for 77 years now, Mr. Summer is a man with the black box wherever he goes he is the head of the lottery. In the story “ The Lottery” all the people in the village have different feelings, opinions, and thoughts about the lottery.…

Money can buy happiness- well, it can buy memories from experiences. Some people spend their entire lives wasting their precious hard earned money on lottery tickets. On average, an American spends about $700 a year just on lottery tickets, all for what? The smallest chance that maybe they'll get the big winning ticket and become an instant millionaire? Maybe in the mists of it all they have that gleeful hope that they'll win. It can bring so much pleasure when scratching off the tickets or…

[Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations like in “The Highwayman”.]These are two short stories that are seen in different ways.The author’s of the short stories “The Highwayman” and “Zoo” develop their themes in different ways. The theme of the highwayman was love is a powerful thing and is developed through figurative language. On the other hand, the theme of “Zoo” is everyone has a different perspective of what is happening and is developed through irony. ( First, )the…

Setting: The Garden Party was written in 1922, shortly after the end of WW1. The story is set mostly in the garden of the Sheridan’s house which is based one the author’s childhood home in Wellington, New Zealand. The first part of teh story is set in a festive, light mood on a “perfect day.” (Mansfield 1) The sky is described as “without a cloud” (Mansfield 1) futher representing the light mood which seems to take away all your worries. In contrats, the second half of the story is set in the…

literature. Knowing the major events and historical information that took place during the time period which an author wrote can help a reader better understand and analyze a piece of literature more clearly. In the short story, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson the lottery in which the town’s people participate mirrors the Draft of World War II by echoing the stress and uncertainty, the common good , and the impact it had on families/communities of the people involved. When the United States…

My project is a game board titled “The Test of Fate.” It is modeled after the game “Sorry!” in same aspects, but it also has a bit of a twist. When playing this game, players divide into two teams, the Montagues and the Capulets: “Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where we lay our scene), from ancient grudge break to new mutiny,” (Prologue.1-3.7). Players must “duel” in order to decide who goes first. This duel consists of playing rock, paper, scissors. In order to win the…