The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

The draught by Shirley capital of Mississippi opens on a warm June daylight in a townspeople of ab erupt three hundred people, and describes an annual resultant in the town, a tradition that is apparently widespread among surrounding villages as well. While the townspeople, more(prenominal) than 300, seem the arrival of Mr. Summers, and the black wooden box from which everyone is to draw a folded slip of reputation, adults chat while children play a game in which they gather stones.The pillow slip for which they gather is a lottery conducted by Mr. Summers, a neatly dressed, jovial business man with a wife, but no children. Although m both traditional usance associated with the lottery seemed to have been lost over time, Mr. Summers simmer down has a great dope of fussing to be done to begin with he declares the lottery open. He has created lists of households, including the heads of households in each family, and members of each household in each family.Just as Mr. Summer s turned to the assembled villagers, Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson, a house wife, arrives late just then, telling Mrs. Delacroix that she Clean forgot what day it was until she noticed that her children had left her house, and remembered it was the day of the lottery. Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson than makes her way through the crowd to her husband, while the villagers comment on her arrival.Mr. Summers begins the necessity of confirming everyones attendance, and clarifying whom will rede the family. When everything is finalized , each representative is called up one after another, and nervously draws a folded slip of paper from the black box. While people are called up, one of the villagers presents the cerebration of other towns giving up the lottery. Old Man Warner snorts in reply, Pack of crazy fools, Listening to young folks, nothings good enough for them. Next thing you know, theyll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work anymore, live that way for awhile. Used to be a sayin g about Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon. First thing you know, wed all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. Theres always been a lottery. This statement sets the splendor of this annual event, and the strong beliefs of the town.When the big moment arrives, everyone is silent until the name of Bill Hutchinson rapidly spreads throughout the crowd. Tessie Hutchinson, Bills wife, shouts out to Mr. Summers that he didnt relieve oneself Bill enough time, and that its not fair. Tessie is silenced, and Mr. summers recons for the family of Bill Hutchinson to come forward. Bill, Tessie, and their three children than proceed as every family of the lottery ever has, and draws a hot folded piece of paper from the black box. One by one the family unfolds their piece of paper to determine the sacrificed. Tessie Hutchinson , the declared winner, was led to the center of a cleared space, and with her hands desperately held out in front of her she was hit with the first stone. Everyone then closed in on her, picked up the rocks, the proceeds of the lottery, and stones her to death. Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual, and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.The Lottery by Shirley capital of MississippiThere are many characters that are named in Shirley Jacksons short story, The Lottery. Mr. Summers, a philanthropic man who runs a coal business, Mr. Martin and his sons, Baxter and Bobby. There is Mr. Graves, the man who helped Mr. Summers prepare the lottery, and Old Man Warner. There is Mr. Hutchinson, Mrs. Hutchinson, and their daughter Eva and son-in-law, Donjust to name a few. And although Jacksons story has many characters, she is most interested in the kind phenomenon of the lottery than she is in the characters, themselves.Instead, the characters serve as a means to depict a graphic demonstration of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in peoples lives (213). From the start of the story, throughout, and in the e nd, Jackson defines her view of societys insouciant attitude toward violence with the villagers apathetic way of life. Every year on June twenty-seventh, the families of the village (and of other towns, too) gather in the center of town and come in in a lottery which culminates with the stoning death of a member of one of the families.This heinous tale takes place amid a pleasant setting, The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green (213). She writes of the children playing and scant(p) boys gathering stones that are stockpiled and reticent and ready for the kill. Jackson stupefies the reader as she describes how the lottery is meticulously prepared by Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves, with such pomp and circumstance There was a great deal of fussing to be done before Mr.Summers declared the lottery open (214). Then theres poor Mrs. Hutchinson, who, in her ominous late arriv al, is greeted by Mr. Summers, theme we were going to have to get on without you, Tessie, and she jokingly replies, Wouldnt have me leave mdishes in the sink, now would you, Joe? (215). It is this kind of small-talk among the villagers that makes this incredulous social phenomenon more significant than the characters. As fate would have it, Mr. Hutchinson draws the slip of paper with the black dot on it. You didnt give him time enough to take any paper he wanted.I saw you. It wasnt fair (217). Fair? Because her husband draws the paper with the black dot on it, it is inevitable that someone from her family or even herself, will be stoned to death. Be a good sport, Tessie. All of us took the same chance (217). Even the innocent children are include in the lottery. Do these people have any sense of right or wrong? Tessie Hutchinson draws the paper with the black dot on it. Her neighbors, her friends, and someone gave teeny-weeny Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles (218), with which to hu rl upon his mother.This sick ritual spares no one. The mere thought of this annual lottery is mind-boggling. The matter-of-fact way in which the villagers carried themselves throughout the event as though they are conducting an election of some sort is unconscionable. Jacksons writing is brimming with obdurate expressions. As the stoning begins, All right, folks, allows finish quickly, (218). They want to be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner (213). Unbelievable. Hello Lisa, I really enjoyed the insight you offered in your journal.You make very good use of the book by including a great number of citations in your essay and your phrase definitely adds to the readers understanding of your journal and the passage overall. While you have ample evidence to support your claims throughout your entry, I found a few grammatical and technical errors that I would like to point out 1. )And although Jacksons story has many characters, she is most interested in t he social phenomenon of the lottery than she is in the characters, themselves. You do not need a comma before themselves, as a comma separates the thoughts and almost prepares the reader for a new thought. 2. ) She writes of the children playing and little boys gathering stones that are stockpiled and guarded and ready for the kill. A better way of writing this could be She writes of children playing and gathering stones to be stockpiled, guarded, and readied for the kill. 3. ) Jackson stupefies the reader as she describes how the lottery is meticulously prepared by Mr. Summers and Mr.Graves, with such pomp and circumstance Again, you do not need a comma before with such pomp and circumstance, as you are not introducing a new thought. 4. ) Putting unbelievable at the end of your journal weakens it a little bit as you do not further the claim and give it some evidence. Overall, I think you did a really great job answering the question and giving solid evidence to your claims. Fr om your journal essay, I was able to see that the social phenomenon that the writer is talking about is the desensitizing of our culture as a whole Good work and good luck for the rest of the semester