Mrs Hutchinson Character Analysis

The story, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, is about the lives and traditions that the people, who live in a small town, take part in. Several of the other towns began to stop holding the annual “lottery,” however, the story focuses on a town who continues to hold a “lottery.” We later find out that the “lottery” was not a lottery at all. It was actually a tradition they had, in which they would draw a family’s name from a box, then they would make each of the members of that family draw form the box again and the person who drew a paper with a dot on it was the unlucky winner of the “lottery.” The prize for winning was death by stones and pebbles that the townspeople would throw at the winner.Throughout the story, we are able to meet several

Hutchinson was the character that was most similar to me. Mrs. Hutchinson is similar to me because I am a person who easily gets distracted and I always end up being late when I need to be somewhere or am supposed to be doing something. In the story, Mrs. Hutchinson “clean forgot what day it was” and had to hurry to the square where all of the other townspeople were. I also relate to Mrs. Hutchinson because she clearly stands out from all of the other people. She is free-spirited and immediately goes into a “fight or flight” mode when she won the “lottery.” I am a very independent person and I will do whatever is needed for me to survive and feel safe. While all of the other townspeople arrived at the square for the “lottery” on time and calmly, Mrs. Hutchinson arrived late, out of breath, and flustered. When she won the “lottery,” like I said earlier, she went straight into a “fight or flight” mode. For example, after the Hutchinson family had been called, Mrs. Hutchinson said “You didn't give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn't fair!” and she did this again when she was the final winner. Mrs. Hutchinson did not want to die and this relates to me because my greatest fear is