Symbolism In The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

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Most individuals would think winning the lottery would symbolize something positive, but in the short story, The Lottery, the outcome is quite different. The story begins with the villagers gathering in the town square for the lottery. Mr.Summers runs the lottery and he later arrives, carrying a black box. As the lottery is about to begin, Tessie Hutchinson joins the crowd, she had forgotten it was the day of the lottery. Other villages have stopped participating in the lottery and its, “Nothing but trouble,” according to Old Man Warner. This village always participates in the lottery because it is tradition. When everyone is opening their paper slips, they find out that Tessie drew the slip that had the black dot on it. So Mr.Summers instructed