The Lottery

tradition and the people of the town who are partaking in the lottery are to blame on tragedy that the lottery represents. This is because they are the ones who blindly follow and accept the ghastly tradition. With it being a tradition no one seems to want to object or withdraw from the lottery. The people of the town do not eradicate the tradition of the lottery since sacrificing one has been passed down from their ancestors. The lottery box “had been constructed when the first people settled…

Her husband, Bill Hutchinson, draws the lottery slip with a black mark on it. This means each person in the Hutchinson household is eligible to win the lottery. However, it soon becomes clear that this lottery is one where no-one wants to be the winner. The situation quickly changes and Tessie begins arguing that the drawing was unfair. Things progress quickly after that. All five of members of the Hutchinson family, aside from their eldest daughter, Eva, who had married and was therefore…

Background Washington’s Lottery was created in 1982 and signed into legislation by Governor John Spellman. When this bill, which supports a lottery in Washington State, came to the Legislature, Washington State and the rest of the country were in recession. What are the business goals? The reason behind the Legislature approving this bill was to donate the revenue brought out by the Lottery to schools or educations programs solely. In more recent times, once $102 million dollars is contributed…

other meanings such as blood, passion, and even maybe danger. In this short story by The lottery is about a village that everyone gathers for a lottery each year. They collect stones and gather around to talk to each other in the middle of the town. The villagers talk to each other and talk about the lottery. Mr. Summer's gets to the town with a black box and a three legged…

What comes to mind when someone says the word lottery? It is usually associated with positive connotations such as prize, success, good fortune, and winner but, could there be something dark and sinister about this word? Nowadays the lottery is seen as a mean of raising money by selling numbered tickets that are purchased by many for a chance to win a huge monetary prize. However, towards the end of Shirley Jackson´s short story, The Lottery, there proves to be an unusual implication for this…

Misleading tradition In the short story, “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, people in the village gather around for the annual lottery. In the end, Tessie, the wife of Bill Hutchinson, is the one to receive the black dot on her slip and everyone stones Tessie to death. Readers who read this tragedy may wonder why the community does this brutal event. Originally, the lottery was a sacrifice for the crops to flourish, but as time passed the ritual became a tradition. First off, the…

Hurling Stones “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson takes place in a small farm town. The story begins with boys gathering rocks, “eventually making a great pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarding it against the raids of the other boys” (Jackson 1).The citizens then gather and begin the lottery, each family taking a piece of paper from an old box. Whoever’s slip has a black spot must draw again, alongside their family, and whoever draws the black spot within their family is stoned…

happens when one blindly follows outdated traditions and laws that can hinder one and contribute to disastrous consequences? The short story and movie of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson both depict the dark outcome that follows when people are reluctant to reject old ideas and practices. However, the 1996 made-for-TV movie of “The Lottery” based on the short story is more effective in communicating Jackson’s argument about the danger of clinging to outdated tradition, laws, and the violent…

Lottery by Shirley Jackson is about a small village in the 50s with a sinister tradition. Every year they have a lottery where you don't want to win. Instead of a hefty cash reward you are stoned to by not only your fellow villagers but your family and friends. They are still doing the lottery because they think this will help with growing crops and they don't want to embrace change so they still believe in this far-fetched story. It was once a sacrifice but turned into a recurring tradition.…

In the story “ The Lottery” there's two characters that were one of the important ones or had a big role in the story. The two characters were Tessie and Mr. Summers. Winning a lottery will not always be a good thing. Sometimes if you win the lottery you can get a positive thing out of it or if you win the lottery you can get a negative thing or a bad things out of it. Tessie was a women in the middle age. She likes to mess around. Her goals is to survive the lottery. In the story her…