First, Jackson begins "The Lottery" by establishing the setting. To begin, she tells the reader to focus on a normal day and what a peaceful town that the story will takes place in. The setting is that of a town that any one of us would live in. "There is solace in the gentle weather the green trees, the order

The introduction of the lottery box is a key point for the setting. The black box symbolizes an immoral act to the people of the town. This is evident in the fact that the town's people kept their distance from the lottery box. The introduction of the black box into the setting changes the mood and the atmosphere of the residents. After the introduction of the black box the people of the town become restless around the black box because it is a symbol of evil and death. All the blackness makes the reader think of death and evil. Everything that is terrible and evil is shown through the color black. The black box begins to change the mood of the people, at the beginning of the story they are calm and peaceful they soon change to scared and anxious.

ed town-a town that must be the ideal of all in this country who would maintain law and order"(Wolff 213). Furthermore, Jackson describes the grass as "richly green" and that "the flowers were blooming profusely" (189). These descriptions of the surroundings give the reader a healthy feeling about the town. The descriptions also make the reader feel comfortable about the surrounding as if there was nothing wrong with this small town. When Jackson first describes the town and how it is placed, for example were the town square is placed. "The village in which the Lottery takes place has a bank, a post office a grocery store, a cole business, a school system"(Kosenko 225). She places the town square in between a bank and post office. This helps the reader see what a small town this is since everything is centralized around the town square. This also helps the reader relate this town there own by were everything is related to the town square or by the bank and the post office. Jackson also uses irony and foreshadowing through the chara

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)