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Examples Of Foreshadowing In The Lottery

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In “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson uses foreshadowing to show that something bad is going to happen. For example, when the town was gathering for the lottery, this is what was going on to prepare for what happens next.“Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones. The other boys followed his lead selecting the smoothest and roundest stones. Dellacroy eventually made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarded it.” (Jackson). This quotation shows that the lottery is not a good thing and nobody wants to be there or participate in the lottery. This is surely something you don’t want to win. Therefore everyone hates the lottery and no one wants it to go on but it is tradition so the people don't have a choice. Jackson’s
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Everyone has traditions no matter where they’re from you might not even think some of the holidays people celebrate are traditions, for example Christmas, Independence day, even your birthday we tend to view traditions as positive but not every tradition is and short story The Lottery shows a perfect example of harmful traditions. To Start off the theme of The lottery is that Tradition isn't always a good thing and the way the author portrays this is by using Foreshadowing. The use of Foreshadowing is used when “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones'' (Jackson 1).This is a prime example of foreshadowing because we learn further in

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In “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson uses foreshadowing to hint at stoning Mr. Hutchinson. I know this because “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones; Bobby and Harry Jones and Dickie Delacroix--the villagers pronounced this name “Dellacroy.” This quotation shows that people are filling their pockets full of stones, but it doesn’t tell us why.

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Foreshadowing can be found in most literature. It is defined as something that gives you a hint of what is to come in the next few pages or chapters. It is especially predominant in The Sound of Thunder By Ray Bradbury. In this short story a group of people, there tour guides, and Eckle our main character go back to the time of dinosaurs to hunt the fierce Tyrannosaurus Rex. Throughout the story are little hints of foreshadowing thrown in everywhere.

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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is one of the most well-written and popular short stories because it has a strong sense of foreshadowing, setting and theme. The first element that contributes greatly to the making of a good short story is foreshadowing. For instance, in the beginning of “The Lottery”, children were putting stones in their pockets, foreshadowing the stoning ceremony. The names in “The Lottery” also implies what is about to happen. With names such as Graves and Delacroix, it signals graveyards and death, hinting at the sacrificial killing of Tessie.

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“The Lottery”  display many complexed motif in the story. Motifs are recurring things that have symbolic meaning in a story.   For “The Lottery”  display many complex motif in the story. Motifs are recurring things that have symbolic meaning in a story.

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“Pack of crazy fools” was the response he got from the oldest man in the village who had been in the lottery for 77 years (Jackson). No else spoke out because the of the old saying “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon” (Jackson). This implied the lottery was held as a ritual for good crops to come and no one wanted to starve so they never preached against it. The general view from the people was that the system was in place for a reason, that’s what they had been taught since they were

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Throughout the entire short story Jackson uses foreshadowing, symbolism, and irony to depict the fate of the towns people. Shirley Jackson uses foreshadowing to conclude the violent ending. For example, when the children are putting rocks in their pockets. It may seems innocent because kids play with rocks all the times but the rocks are for stoning people to death. . When Mr. Summer says, “though we were going to have to get on without you, Tessie.”

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This quote is the one that reveals to the reader the truth of the lottery. It also reveals a theme of a story

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In the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and in the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, both authors use the literary device called foreshadowing to provide the reader a deeper understanding of the ending. Both Faulkner and Jackson use foreshadowing to engage and surprise the reader while establishing an unexpected plot twist. Emily Grierson was raised in the Old South and with the next generation she kept herself distant from the more modern community. This isolation prevents Miss Emily from having a typical relationship with men and causes her to act in a preposterous manner. In the beginning of “The Lottery,” the townspeople act very neighborly with each other and towards the end, there is a contradictory union

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Shirley Jackson created suspense effectively throughout the story ’The Lottery’; this got the reader’s attention and got them hooked to find out what will happen next. Suspense is the element of both fiction and some nonfiction that makes the reader uncertain about the outcome and is one of the most important elements of plotting. It keeps the reader reading and unable to put the book down. Jackson opens her story by describing a sunny June day filled with flowers, green grass, kids running around playing and the casual gathering of friends and neighbors in the town square for a lottery. At first, this opening appears completely without any suspense with its warmth and friendliness.

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This quote was said by Mrs.Hutchinson, many people were not enthusiastic towards the lottery. This also shows that the lottery was in the back of her head as she was not thinking about it As well, in the story there are people like Mr.Summers for example who, wants to get the lottery over with. For example when Mr.Summers says,

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It was almost a way of life and if it was not followed there were dire consequences. The story starts to become ironic when specified what the lottery really means to them. A lottery, in any other community, is seen as a chance to win rewards that are in your favor. Within this town, it’s a chance to murder a single person every year. The main idea Jackson make in “The Lottery” is that people can come to together to perform this terrible act and then completely forget about.

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In “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson uses foreshadowing when the children are collecting stones from the river and putting them into piles. It hints that something bad is going to happen because it is unusual for boys to be grabbing stones and randomly put them into a pile. For example, while the towns people were getting ready for the lottery the narrator states, “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example,selecting the smoothest and roundest stones; Bobby and Harry Jones and Dickie Delacroix, eventually made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarded it against the raids of the other boys.” (Jackson). This quotation shows that the boys in the village are finding the smoothest and roundest stones and putting them into a big pile.

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