The Lottery

             Shirley Jackson wrote an allegorical tale called "The Lottery." "The Lottery" appeared in the New Yorker, June 26,1948. "The Lottery" focuses on a small town of about three hundred people whom on June 26, are gathering by the square between the post office and the bank for the lottery. The children assembling first were making piles of stones, then the men and women. Mr. Summers arrives carrying the black wooden box. Lists were made up of the "heads of families, heads of households in each family, and members of each household in each family" (Jackson 391). Alphabetically names were called to draw a slip of paper out of the box. No one was to look at the paper until everyone had theirs. Mr. Bill Hutchinson ends up getting the paper with the black dot on it. Bill's wife Tessie states "You didn't give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn't fair!" (Jackson 394). Bill informed her to shut up. Mr. Summers allows them to put their slips back in and the family draw again. Tessie ends up drawing the slip this time with the black dot on it. The villagers gather around her with stones in their hands and begin to throw them at her. An analysis of the literary elements in "The Lottery" indicates that one should never bite off more than they can chew.
             "The Lottery" is taking place on a clear and sunny full-summer day. The flowers are blossoming and the grass is a rich green. It is June 27, 1948 around ten a.m. It is a village of about three hundred people and they are gathering in the square by the post office and the bank for the lottery.
             In "The Lottery" the protagonist is Mr. Summers. Mr. Summers is a "round faced, jovial man, and he ran the local coal business, and people were sorry for him because he had no children and his wife was a scold" (Jackson 390). The story focused on him b
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