Shirley Jackson would be proud of most parts of the movie, The Lottery, but not of others. She would not be proud of the movie scenes that take place after the lottery, such as Jason stabbing someone, because this did not portray her story accurately. A major difference between the movie and the short story is the protagonist. In the movie, the protagonist is Jason Smith, a character who does not appear in Jackson’s short story. Furthermore, in the story, Old Man Warner symbolizes tradition, but in the movie, he appears as Mayor Warner and performs the same role that Mr. Summers has in the original story. Although Jackson would not like these parts of the movie, she would appreciate other parts. She would like the setting in the movie which