In 1948 a short story was featured in the magazine called The New Yorker. This story was named The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. This story is fictional and very fake. The story was based in a small village that has about 300 people in it. It was a nice summer day in June. It was June 27th. In the story two men, Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves, uphold a traditional lottery. The lottery was held every year on the 27th of June. They had the men in the house draw a piece of paper. The “winning” ticket had a charcoal black dot in the middle of the paper. If you were to draw the paper your household would do a family drawing. If you were the one with the black dot in your family you “won”. By winning it means that the town surrounded you and threw stones at you for sacrifice. In the story the Hutchinson family is drawn by Bill and they do a family drawing and his wife Tessie “wins” the lottery. She repeatedly says that it’s unfair. She was sacrificed after trying to run. Before they were chosen a man, the oldest man in the village, says that the …show more content…
Both the story and the film showed the theme, but the story was more detailed compared to the film. The film that was made in 1969 was short, but goes along with the story. The film made in the 90’s made it into an actually movie with love and romance mixed in. After reading this you should think about what actually was happening and should be able to sum it up, but still be able to remember all the details so you understand why the author wrote the story or book. They may have a lesson point in the story for people to understand. The story could just be a story to enjoy, but this story tells you that when you think you’re making progress make sure you’re doing the right thing. Another point in this story is telling you is that tradition is very hard to change and sometimes it should be