The Hidden Meaning Of The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

Upon reading this week's reading choice, "The Lottery", written by Shirley Jackson. I found this choice very entertaining. I instantly noticed that this short story's point of view was in third person. It takes place in a Rural Village in the Summer in or around 1948. This particular time period is the end of the Holocaust and of World War II, which took place in 1945. The author in my opinion, built this story around the events of that time period. This story was very suspenseful and at times raised one question, why does the lottery take place? It has many symbolic meanings such as the title and the lottery box itself. The title is very offsetting, as you read, the villagers seem very complacent with this ritual almost excited, but as you read further you will soon realize its

The author takes a great deal of time to paint a vivid picture of the intricate details of the box. So the reader understands the is significance this box. It would seem that every detail leading to the stoning of Mrs. Hutchinson surrounds the "black box". Seeing that the names for the stoning come from the "black box". The villagers take great pride in keeping the ritual of the lottery in tact, one of the oldest citizens of the village states, that the lottery has went on for seventy-seven years and expressed disgust about other villages trying to change the tradition and stop the lottery. The author is depicting that its inevitable to stop the process of the lottery and it must go on. But when Mrs. Hutchinson's is the chosen person, a controversy starts because the villagers know what they have to do and her behavior is not acceptable. The plot of this story, is very familiar to me, it reminds me of a more recent story called "The Hunger Games". My reason for this is how the villagers have to gather for the lottery, which leads to a