The Lottery By Shirley Jackson Rules Of Society

In Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery the writer hints to the fact that society can be somewhat controlling. Jackson wrote this piece and it caused a big uproar. Times Magazine published this and because of the subtle setting people thought this story to be true and were appalled that this was happening. Even though people were horrified by the actions that took place in the short story no one bothered to put into action a plan to stop what was going on. Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” is an example of how people start questioning the traditions and rules of society.
In this short story, a small town has a tradition of an offering. The people in the town call it the lottery and they randomly draw a name and would stone the person to