Symbolic Analyzing In The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson: Symbolically Analyzed
The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson that was written in 1948 is something else, held in the summer by Mr. Summers an annual lottery in the village is held at the same time each year. Villagers wait silently and nervously as a family’s gather around the square to await the hearing of the unlucky person, the selectee is Tessie Hutchinson, wife and mother of 3 would be sacrificed by the people, Shirley Jackson uses symbolism in her main characters and setting of the story as a form of foreshadowing to give the reader an idea and have them wondering of what’s going to happen next.
For example, the way the author introduces the selectee which is the main character (Tessie Hutchinson)