Mystery of The Lottery
Sometimes, evil surfaces from the most ordinary and unpredictable everyday surroundings. This is most apparent on the short story, "The Lottery," published in 1948, in which author Shirley Jackson writes of a mysterious and barbaric tradition that stems from seemingly ordinary town settings. Coulthard describes the reason of continuing appeal of “The lottery “ is because of its “nihilistic undercurrent, and not the surface attack on subservience to custom”(The Explicator 226). Through the use of narrative structure, foreshadowing, and ironic setting, Jackson is able to reflect her views of society at that time, create an engrossing plot that draws readers in, and shock readers with its sudden ending.In "The Lottery," Jackson weaves a tightly knit narrative in which external events follow each another in a very organized fashion. Through the use of this narrative structure, she is able to draw in the audience and give them a sense of ordinary life in an ordinary town. The story is based on what seems to be an ordinary town, which conducts a yearly lottery. Jackson starts out the story describing the people of the town gathering for the lottery. On the 27th of June, all the townsfolk gather together for the lottery. They act a
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Approximate Word count = 1033
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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