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Who Is Tessie Hutchinson In The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

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Character Analysis In the beginning of the story the Lottery. Shirley Jackson gave the reader intention that this story is going to be about someone winning the lottery. At least that what I thought it was going to be about, but come to find out it was about someone being a human sacrifice. The character that I took interest in is Tessie Hutchinson. She is the wife of Bill Hutchinson and a mom of four. In the story, the Lottery Tessie was on that I was focusing on what was going to happen to her. Tessie Hutchinson is a housewife, who arrives late, and is an outspoken character. According to the Lottery Tessie Hutchinson is the wife of Bill Hutchinson She has four children Nancy, Bill Jr, and Dave. One of those children is Eva she is married to Don. Like every other wife Tessie Hutchinson stays at home taking care of the …show more content…

Tessie did not like that it was someone in her family that would soon have to be stone. The author wrote in the story as Mr. summer began to call all the villagers by the last name to pick a slip of paper from the black box. Shirley Jackson mention, Tessie was shouting “you didn’t give him enough time to take the paper he wanted I saw.” (Jackson 143) The author gave reader a sense that it was going to be Bill that was going to be the person that was going to be the human sacrifice, the whole time the Lottery was taken place Tessie was okay with who would get the lottery that year. She did not expect it to be someone in her family. That when she became very outspoken about the fact that it was someone in her family. In the story, the author mentions that after Tessie ask for redo it was the choice of her family that had to pick the slip of paper. After she did all the talking and saying it was not fair. Tessie was the one who drew the black dot and she was the one who was going to be in the

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Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” uses stones as a symbol to convey an underlying message that even though people practice certain traditions, it may be harmful to others. For instance the text stated “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,” ( p. 34) . when Tessie Hutchinson was about to get stoned. This affirms that Tessie and all the people in the village know that the lottery is erroneous, and isn’t right but don't do anything to stop it or question it, from happening again. Another form where we could see the villagers not questioning their harmful tradition would have to be in page 25 where it states “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example” (p. 25) when the children

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If selected, the second round was for individual family members to draw. The person picked is stoned to death to ensure a good harvest. Those who are responsible for Tessie’s death are her husband Bill, the town’s elder Old Man Warner, and the town’s society as a whole. One person responsible for Tessie’s death is her static husband Bill Hutchinson.

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She said this because she thought her husband, Bill, did not have enough time to pick a paper. After the Hutchinson family drew a paper, Tessie ended up drawing the one with a black dot on it, meaning that she was going to be stoned. When Mr. Summers gave commandment, all of the villagers ran towards Tessie with stones. Furthermore, after she said that

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She created Tessie Hutchinson, a young woman and mother of two, to demonstrate how to properly use irony in order to shock readers. When Tessie won the lottery, one living in the modern age would expect a positive, glowing reaction

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Tessie’s goal was cut short when she got the paper with the black spot. She offered to sacrifice her children just to save herself and also tried to convince people that it wasn’t fair because Bill didn’t have enough time to reap a slip. She was then murdered by the town because of tradition and changed from the beginning of the story to the

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“The Lottery” Interpretive Essay “The Lottery”, a short story by Shirley Jackson, is about a lottery that takes place in a small village. The story starts of with the whole town gathering in the town square, where Mr. Summers, the official, holds the lottery. After that, every family draws out of an old black box, and a certain family gets picked. Out of the certain family, one person gets picked as the unlucky “winner” of the lottery. In this short story, after the Hutchinson family gets drawn, Tessie Hutchinson is declared “winner” of the lottery.

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In The Lottery, Tessie has fear for her life and that causes her to betray her culture by being against her tradition. In the start, Tessie supports the tradition of the Lottery but as soon as she realizes that she was the one who got the paper with the black spot, she starts saying “I think we ought to start over, I tell you it wasn’t fair” (Jackson). This act shows that when Tessie finds out that she was going to be stoned, she says that the tradition is not right. The fear of being stoned affects Tessie’s opinion about the tradition and causes her to betray her culture. If someone else had gotten the paper with the black spot, Tessie would have still supported the tradition but the dread of losing her own life changed her mind.

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This proves that Tessie didn’t care about how right or wrong the lottery was, and she never did, Tessie only cared about saving herself and trying to get herself out of the situation. One of the main themes in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is that the feelings that are caused by losing can cause us to hurt ourselves or others to make ourselves feel better. Tessie’s actions of trying to get a redraw so someone else would have to suffer and when she tries to have other parts of her family risk having to suffer as well showcases the effects of having a negative attitude after

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Both women are victims of their societies, however, Tessie’s perspective on her situation differs greatly from that of Jane’s. Tessie appears to be compliant with the yearly ritual until she is the one who draws the damning slip of paper, provoking her to argue that her situation is unfair. “Suddenly, Tessie Hutchinson shouted to Mr. Summers. “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you.

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Another quote to suggest the crowd grew nervous was when Mr. Adams was called upon, “They grinned at one another humorlessly and nervously”. She described what the characters were doing and not what their thoughts or intentions were. Shirley Jackson intensified the feeling when Tessie hysterically protested Bill’s “winning” selection, by withholding information until the last possible second, she builds the story’s suspense and creates a shocking, powerful conclusion. In conclusion, The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson builds up suspense by foreshadowing the horrible moment through the children who felt uneasy and collected rocks, creating a character that stands out from the crowd, Tessie Hutchinson, the person who saved her husband but could not save herself. More importantly, withholding the true nature of the story until the end, leading to the tragic death of Tessie

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She realizes that this is an unpleasurable and outdated tradition and should be forgotten only because she got chosen. However, if her family’s name wasn’t drawn, she would have blindly followed the ritual, thrilled to have escaped a gruesome, sacrificial death. As a reader it is easy to empathize for Tessie since she or others don’t have a voice in their community or are even able to look at the bigger picture and see that the lottery is unnecessary. Not only does the dramatic irony of the lottery allow the reader to understand Tessie’s view, it creates a similar feeling towards Bill Hutchinson. For example, “Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand.

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