The Lottery Some traditions may be passed on for many years, but not all traditions are necessary good. Many traditions started in the beginning of time so it became so relevant that it blinded the people of believing certain things are not dangerous.In the short story The Lottery the writer Shirely Jackson created a gothic fictional story to represent the dangers of blindly following traditons. The lottery is about a small town that has a deadly tradition that happens every year. The story speaks about blindly following tradition by using the literary devices of irony, symbolism, characterization and startle factor to make it one gothic fictional story. A literary device Jackson uses is irony, “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny,with fresh warmth of a full-summer day;the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green” This quote directly from The Lottery is a perfect example on how the story has irony as a literary device.This irony is in the beginning to describe the setting , the story begins when the …show more content…
Tessie Hutchinson was a wife and mother who was the winner of the lottery. She fully believed in the lottery until she was the chosen one to be stoned.She questioned the drawing of her name and pleaded help from her best friend and even her children, however the lottery is the town's tradition so everyone picked up there rocks and threw them at her until she was dead. This is another reason why the theme of dangers of blindly following tradition is a great theme for The Lottery. The townspeople did not care if they were Tessie best friend, husband, or mother all they knew is the lottery is a tradition and they do not care who you are, they want good crops for the fall.”Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. “It isn’t fair she said”, “ A stone hit her on the side of the