The Lottery

             The short story of the lottery written by the Author Shirley Jackson was written in 1948 and is a very interesting piece of literature. As of all Jackson's other stories this one is also unusual and mind boggling. Jackson as a novelist often wrote many unusual, unreal or even weird stories in her very short life span. The lottery's unusual conclusion is one of great things about this story because the readers wanted Jackson to explain it. Well, Jackson refused to explain it and said that it is for the readers to decide what happens. The lottery having two main characters, a housewife named Tessie Hutchinson who is the person who wins the lottery at the end and Mr. Summers the man who organizes the lottery. Mr. Summers had brought the black box for the drawing with all the little white pieces of paper in it and he calls everyone up to pick them out. Tessie Hutchison argues about how the lottery isn't fair and how her husband didn't have enough time to pick a piece of paper. All of the other characters in this story all play a significant role by just saying a few words and by helping throw the stones at Tessie. If there were not the other characters then there would be no stoning at all. The theme of the story is all about the tradition and how the lottery is such a big tradition. All though the lottery is a big tradition the people of the town are still unsure why they do they do the lottery. They all know that there have been things forgotten over the years about the rules for the lottery; but yet they still won't break tradition by stopping the lottery.
             The story begins with the establishment of the setting and the explaining of the beautiful day it is outside. The very first thing Shirley Jackson tells the reader, is what time of day it is and what time of year the story takes place. This is to throw the reader off a little bit, and make them think that something good is going to happen...

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