“The Lottery” is a short story written by Shirley Jackson that asks the same question. The narrator presents a small-town where a traditional lottery is held annually every summer on June 27th. The town’s people get together for a lottery (1). The reward is unknown at the beginning to reader‚ but increasingly becomes more apparent as the story continues to its climax. The reward is a sadistic random tradition in the form of murder by stoning. The killing‚ which is the purpose of the lottery‚ is foreshadowed
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as religion‚ language‚ lifestyle‚ food‚ art and culture. Tradition is a fundamental factor for an individual because it helps shape their view on the world (regardless of whether their tradition is positive or negative). In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson it explains how people could blindly follow tradition without questions because it’s ingrained in
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Is Lottery a Good Idea? Many people around the world want to try their luck and like challenges in life. For that reason‚ they usually buy lottery tickets. They think they can become millionaires after they buy a lottery ticket which is just $2 or $10. Some think they just spend a little money on buying lottery tickets‚ so it doesn’t affect their living expenses. Almost all people think a lottery cannot make them addicted. Although lottery brings a lot of money for the government to make more benefits
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The Color Black and Symbolism in “The Lottery” People are influenced by a variety of different sources – their parents‚ their friends‚ and their communities. While everyone must learn to make their own decisions‚ they often follow the beliefs of the people around them. Teenagers register to vote as a “Democrat” merely because their parents call themselves Democrats. Sometimes blindly following another’s influence can result in something much more severe‚ such as becoming a slave owner due to the
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characters from the short story‚ The Lottery‚ do not agree with this tradition to throw stones a. In fact‚ many of the characters show more than one opinion on this matter once they learn of the winner. One example of a two-sided character is when Tessie starts protesting against the crowd when her husband‚ Bill‚ “wins” the lottery. She shouts “You didn’t give him time enough to choose”‚ and “everyone saw that!” The ironic part about this is when Joe Summers‚ the lottery organizer‚ called Bill Hutchinson
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The word Lottery has great meaning in everyone’s eyes. In the short story‚ “The Lottery”‚ the author did a great job keeping a suspenseful and inquiring meaning of what the village’s version of the lottery meant. In this short story the author wrote about a lottery that takes place in all villages. In this text the author focuses on one village. The author writes about the culture that goes into the lottery‚ the rules of the lottery‚ and the outcome in what happens whoever gets the chosen‚ which
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“The Lottery” is a short story by Shirley Jackson in which villagers in a small town participate in a barbaric tradition that involves killing one of their own. The story incorporates a large amount of symbolism‚ both through the use of objects as well as some names. These symbols tell us a few things about why this tradition continues on‚ primarily because of the fear of the unknown. Although to us‚ the lottery seems very morally wrong‚ the villagers consider the lottery just another normal part
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Li‚ Mengxi M00084713 Section 3 March 25‚ 2013 Victor Chang The Impact of Winning the Lottery It’s estimated that that millions of people play lotteries every day. These include both the old and young generation. These include people that already have money and people who desperately need money. It seems that everyone wants to be a lottery winner! Winning the lottery can have a great impact on people’s daily lives which include positive influences and negative effects. Three of the impacts
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dominant theme in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is the threats that come along with following traditions. The people of the village follow a tradition that has been going on for as long as they can remember because they rely on the fact that it will stop them from going back to their primitive ways. At first the tradition of partaking in the lottery does not seem so bad seeing as how it’s true nature is not revealed till the end. However‚ it is then revealed that the lottery is one unlucky villager
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“The Lottery” Response Paper Shirley Jackson’s very intriguing short story‚ “The Lottery‚” was evidently quite the controversy when it first appeared in The New Yorker (Jackson 208). One can easily guess that the reason for such mass unrest was the story’s violent content. However‚ humanity is not always extremely kind; humans can be brutal creatures. In Ms. Jackson’s story‚ this theme of violence and cruelty is revealed‚ and one cannot help but wonder if all those New Yorker reviewers gave her
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