Shirley Phelps-Roper

Mustafa Almarhun Profesoor Megan Miller English 200-001 20 October 2015 Effects of Tradition and Culture as Depicted in “The Lottery” Character: Mr. Summers Plot: tradition is a way of life of a people, “The Lottery” however, paints a society with wayward tradition still embracing the culture of human sacrifice and murder which is cantankerous, inhumane and barbaric. Setting: A small town in contemporary America which has an annual ritual known as "The Lottery" with a population of about three…

“The Modern Massacre” The Lottery is as straightforward with the century it takes place in as it was for the location. So again, the reader has to stitch together bits of information to find that the time the story is in, is the mid-twentieth century. There is the section that mentions the “coal company” Mr. Summers owns. Coal was of utmost importance in the mid-twentieth century because of the massive energy needs for World War II and trains. Both were big interests in the 50’s. Jackson also…

The Lottery Character: Mr. Summers Plot: Lottery describes the excited yet nervous mood of around 300 residents at a village in an annual ritual known as “the lottery”. Setting: A small town in contemporary America which has an annual ritual known as "The Lottery" Mr. Summers is reflective of the tradition of the people of this American town, who allow the lottery, and the significance it has in their lives. Mr. Summers a successful man who has mislead the villagers in this town by making them…

The story the lottery is very interesting and kind of evil, although it is a story you can't walk away from. In the story the Lottery the dark action is getting stoned when getting picked in the Lottery. The unlucky winner gets stoned by each of the town members. The narrator’s actions were prompted by his emotions, however it could have been avoided if he overcame his darker impulses. In the story the Lottery the intentions or emotions is that the Lottery is tradition. The town people in the…

Most readers know that there is a significant amount of evil in the world, but the real question is, “Where can you find it and how much is in everyone?” Shirley Jackson’s “The Possibility of Evil” and “The Lottery” represent evil in small town USA fluently. Jackson's stories show you cannot trust everyone, and that everything is not what it seems. Both short stories were surrounded by the idea that evil is in every person or in every town. In “The Lottery”, a small town is having a…

The lottery puzzle stems from the same structure as the lottery paradox, which is a modern paradox credited to Professor Henry E. Kyburg Jr. The lottery puzzle, much like the lottery paradox is episodic, dealing with belief or knowledge. To understand the lottery puzzle, I will analyze the concepts of fallibilism and the principle of closure under known implications. Then I will analyze the plausibility and strength of the possible solution to the lottery puzzle: the denial of knowledge of…

Fiction Essay (Rough Draft) Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) was an acclaimed American writer most famous her short story, “The Lottery”. Jackson, born December 14, 1916 in San Francisco, California, had spent most of her childhood in the small town of nearby Burlingame, California. Not until the age of seventeen did Jackson move eastward to attend the University of Rochester were she then withdrew a year later. Fast-forward a year later, Jackson enrolled in Syracuse University in 1937 where there…

Child negligence may result in adverse effects on the adolescents victimized by acts of neglect. “The Lottery,” written by Elizabeth Bishop explicates the chronicle of two brother’s untimely demise. Cato and Emerson, biological brothers, face cruel neglect from their stepmother in many instances. Throughout the story, Elizabeth Bishop incorporates a variety of literary techniques in order to describe Cato and Emerson’s experiences. She especially focuses on utilizing motifs. Within the…

The blind following of ritual in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is shocking by the way the villagers participate in the lottery without realizing what is actually happening, but no more so than the mindless rituals noticed by modern society. Although some villagers raise questions about the lottery, they all go along with it. Thus, they become unthinking members of a herd, forfeiting their individuality and sending Tessie Hutchinson to her death. I believe that society had become so used to…

A person’s support in a crime can lead to the downfall of themselves. Tessie Hutchinson is picked to be in the lottery which is where they stone a person to death. Even though she supports the entire thing, the moment she got picked she starts saying how, “ ‘It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,’ Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her” (Jackson 8). In this quote, Jackson also uses irony to explain Tessie’s death. At first, when everyone was still picking out the pieces of paper, Tessie…