Interpreting 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

It shows a yearly planned ritual in which they draw pieces of paper, only to leave one person with a black dot This person is stoned to death by their fellow

Interpreting 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson The Lottery, short story by Shirley Jackson, published in The New Yorker in June 1948 and included the following year in her collection The Lottery; or,

It shows a yearly planned ritual in which they draw pieces of paper, only to leave one person with a black dot This person is stoned to death by their fellow

the biggest lottery in the world The actual lottery takes place in two steps: first the head of each family picks out a piece of paper and then, which ever family receives the paper with the

The lottery is a sacrifice and is a tradition rather than a ritual in this town, but out of respect and fear, the villagers are willing to involve themselves in

the national lottery draw history The title represents a good image: winning the lottery symbolizes a financial windfall, not your losing ones life What do the black box and stones represent?

The Lottery focuses on Tessie Hutchinson, a woman who is stoned to death by members of her village Tap the card to flip