Although I thought it was unorganized, overall it was an extremely remarkable book. All of the stories tie in together and create a bigger picture that is much more easily understood rather than just small stories here and…
As for Carolyn P. Walker’s interpretation I commend her on her passion towards this story and understood what she attempted to do, which I might add would have been better without overthinking and exaggerating things while also wording things in a different…
Everyone knows what is a lottery. I bet the first thing that would pop in your head when you hear the word ¨lottery¨ is money right? Well think again. Imagine winning the lottery made you lose your life. The short story ¨ The lottery” changed my view and these two charactoś in this story ( old man Warner and Tessie ) are the ones that caught my attention.…
One can see by examining the poetic justice of the murder at the end, and the foreshadowing of the strange murder weapons, the rocks, in The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, that this story is a classic archetypal horror story. Firstly, one can see that when Tessie Hutchinson, the wife of Bill Hutchinson, was the only one late for the lottery, she wins the lottery, and then is killed. This is an example of poetic justice. Poetic justice, also known as Karma, is the fitting or deserving punishment or reward for certain actions. Tessie is killed by the town, through the luck of the draw.…
“The Modern Massacre” The Lottery is as straightforward with the century it takes place in as it was for the location. So again, the reader has to stitch together bits of information to find that the time the story is in, is the mid-twentieth century. There is the section that mentions the “coal company” Mr. Summers owns. Coal was of utmost importance in the mid-twentieth century because of the massive energy needs for World War II and trains. Both were big interests in the 50’s.…
The story also flowed well too. I was afraid that it would feel disjointed due to all of the facts needed in order to prove his point. Fortunately the story went along well and made the reading very easy. I enjoyed reading the Ordinary Men. It had a very authentic feel.…
Although I am embarrassed to tell this story, for it screams massive class and racial privilege, I guess it will be another step in the acceptance of my innate privilege and social status. A few weeks ago, I had the chance to hang out with a high school buddy of mine, whom I had not seen in a while. He texted me asking if I was interesting in making a trip to the L’auberge Casino, for his girlfriend had just recently turned twenty-one and was interested in trying out her new legal freedom. I had not been to the casino since my twenty-first birthday, about ten months ago, so I decided that playing with the slot machines would not hurt. As the time to leave came, I hopped in my car, left my house, located in a subdivision on Staring Lane,…
Summary Overall I definitely enjoyed reading this book, and that comes from someone who usually dislikes reading and really struggles to find books that interest himself. I really like what how the book is written and that it waists no time to get to the action. And most of all I really like the message and the…
Heroes Among Us is an inspirational book, written by John Quiñones, that is about different acts of heroism. John Quinones chose specific scenarios that best represented his opinion of heroism. This book was very interesting because it displayed random acts of heroism and bravery. Some of the heroes in this book encountered dangerous and fearful situations to help others in need. It takes true bravery to risk your life to help others.…
Shirley Jackson’s short story The Lottery is about a tradition where the villagers must make a sacrifice in order for their crops to have a good season. Tessie Hutchinson picks the slip of paper with the black coal mark in the center and she is the one to be sacrificed which means the villagers, even her family, must stone her to death. The theme of this story is that traditions can be good or bad. Traditions can result in lots of different scenarios. Tessie wins the lottery and she gets stoned which results in a bad scenario.…
Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” depicts a village tradition which ends with one of the villagers being chased down and stoned by her friends, family, and neighbors. Such an outrageous and violent ritual must have strong reasoning behind it; however, none of the villagers really know why they do it. The lottery is a tradition that has been going on for years and is generally accepted. Shirley Jackson uses generational conflict in “The Lottery” to show that following tradition can cause motivation to be blinded.6 The loss of traditions over the years demonstrates how following tradition can lead to blinded motivation. The ritual once involved many traditions including, “a recital of some sort, performed by the official of the lottery” (Jackson…
“The Lottery”- Following Age Old Tradition People everywhere live their lives based on tradition. These can be simple, from certain recipes to the way children are raised. However traditions can change overtime. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson follows one such tradition. One that with time, loses aspects and meaning.…
Danger in Tradition In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, a village prepares for their annual tradition of the lottery in which the townsfolk stone a person to death. The ritual was originally conducted to bring a bountiful harvest of corn, however, the meaning behind the sacrifice seemed to fade out while the tradition itself persisted. As surprising as it may seem, one can see instances of blindly followed tradition in today’s society: trick-or-treating on Halloween, blowing out the candles on birthday cakes, and eating turkey and stuffing on Thanksgiving. These practices occur like clockwork across the United States and other parts of the world with little to no real reasoning behind them besides the excuse of tradition, erasing their purpose.…
The Lottery This short story begins with a scene in a small village of polite folks gathering together for an event that happens every year in the town square. The reader is introduced to an enlightening story which gives the idea that someone will end up winning a grand prize. Instead, this lottery is held in the village in which one person will end their life by being stoned to death.…
The Horror genre is a literature genre of fiction which has the characteristic or the capacity to create scare or frighten their readers. This genre popularity increased in incredible ways in the last couple of years with the development of the movies and television industries. This genre such as in a movie or in a book has incredible popularity and grabs the attention of a big number of audience Some enjoy that adrenaline feeling, being in danger, expecting the unknown, death, all the feelings and more people experiences at the moment of reading or watching horror, some of the people really enjoys it, other people prefer not to watch the movie, just like me. Among the genius works of literature of the horror genre I would like to name and…