The Lottery By Shirley Jackson Analysis
An Analysis of “The Lottery”
“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, is about villagers who gather in the square in a small town to run a lottery conducted by Mr. Summers. Mrs. Hutchinson arrives late so there are little chats in the square. After she arrives, Mr. Summers calls last names of families in order to aware for the head of each family to draw a slip of paper from the black wooden box. After all of them have chosen, Mr. Summers allows them to open the slip of paper and check to see which one has a black mark. Finally, Bill Hutchinson has the marked paper, but Mrs. Hutchinson says that it is not fair because Bill didn’t have enough time to take any paper what he wanted. Thus, Mr. Summers places five slips of paper into the box
“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, is about villagers who gather in the square in a small town to run a lottery conducted by Mr. Summers. Mrs. Hutchinson arrives late so there are little chats in the square. After she arrives, Mr. Summers calls last names of families in order to aware for the head of each family to draw a slip of paper from the black wooden box. After all of them have chosen, Mr. Summers allows them to open the slip of paper and check to see which one has a black mark. Finally, Bill Hutchinson has the marked paper, but Mrs. Hutchinson says that it is not fair because Bill didn’t have enough time to take any paper what he wanted. Thus, Mr. Summers places five slips of paper into the box