"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson was a very interesting and unexpected story that caused tremendous controversy when it was first published in the 1948 issue of the New Yorker. Jackson creates a drastic change of emotions in the tale. She lets the reader have strange thoughts about the story by using her writing techniques. Jackson also ends up dispersing knowledge to the reader about the human nature. After reviewing this story, I suggest that you should keep this narrative for further analysis.
             "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green," (83) is the opening statement of this narrative. The reader undergoes, effortlessly, under the scene of peace and tranquility when reading this initial sentence. This gives the reader a good impression and a "fictitious" happy ending for the story. She also keeps on setting the motion for these feelings in the opening paragraphs, "School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them; they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play and their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, books and reprimands," (84) referring to the energetic kids of the small village that the incident was occurring. Families began to gather in the square. Men were talking about "planting and rain, tractors and taxes" (84). Jackson was still stressing the point of serenity among the villagers; however, in the same paragraph we surprisingly evidence a sudden change of tone by one of the characters. Mr. Martin "spoke up sharply" (84) to Bobby for taking place between him and Baxter. Mr. Summers, the conductor of "The Lottery," walked into the open place carrying with him tension-being distributed among the people. When Mr. Summers asked for help t...