“The Lottery” was one of the short stories that brought about confusion among the audience after its release by the New Times. “The Lottery” is a story about one small village in New England that practices lottery annually. The lottery is a right that is valued in this village, and on its day, no one is expected to miss it, as it is mandatory all the citizens to participate in it. On its day all people are supposed to gather and draw papers until one person is chosen to be stoned to death. The main argument portrayed in the story is the difference in cultural beliefs and values held by the diverse ethnic groups that attends the brutal practices. Just like other authors who embrace allegories as literacy devices, Jackson did the same to represent cultural beliefs and norms in a given society. The event known as lottery represented any behavior, action or notion that moves from one generation to another and according to the author, its attendance was mandatory. The author provides all the details about the event such as the place and time. Other symbols in the story entail stones and the black box (3). The stones represented weapons that were used for beating the victim of that day. …show more content…
One of these motifs entails family as it is seen that family is an essential entity in the lottery as all people are expected to stand with their biological parents, husbands and wives (1). However, this does not mean that when one loses the lottery, their family members do not participate in the practice of stoning them. In fact, the lottery makes a family turn against their people. For example, it was Tessie's husband who had to tell the villagers that his wife had the black marked paper. Moreover, another motif is the "rules” that are considered before doing anything, and this means that it is a logical ritual with an imperative purpose. Given the above, everything present in the story has a hidden