Essays on The Lottery

In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” tradition is followed without question, however the people of the town may not fully realize just how sickening their actions truly are. This work of literature demonstrates how society can blindly follow tradition, thus, blaming the innocent, and further causing...

Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” presents the reader with a seemingly idyllic town that actually participates in a horrific annual ‘lottery’ event. The story can be considered as part of the horror genre, as the characters in the story blindly follow a tradition that...

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a short story was written in 1948 takes place in a village square of a town on June 27th. She helps raise attention to the engrained evil and random inherent brutality, the book takes the classic theme of man’s...

The Lottery was written by Shirley Jackson on June 26th 1948. This story was done in a small rural town called Vermont where people observed an annual ritual referred to as “the lottery”. The Lottery is all about the person that would be killed by...

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson could be a story of AN uncommon city caught in an exceedingly lure of perpetually following tradition, even once it’s not in their best interest. Jackson uses symbols throughout the story that relate to the theme. This helps the reader...

Not one human being was born with evil intentions. Most of us are born to obey our family’s traditions, whether good or bad. Some of us have the choice to break the tradition or we are forced into it. That was the case for a...

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and the movie “The Hunger Games” are different pieces of literature which show how human beings can be drawn into violence because of their traditions. The two pieces also show how the hypocrisy of human beings can be possessed and...