Everyone would like to win a lottery. Winning a lottery must make you as thrilled as you get for your favorite tradition. If only participating in lotteries was a yearly occasion. What a dream, right?
The short story ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson reveals a whole lot of evils committed by ordinary people like you and me. These actions take place in a customary American village where everyone is dominated by traditional practices, norms and values. Each year a person is chosen at random to win the lottery and therefore get stoned by his/her fellow villagers. The stoning itself is horrible, that we can agree on, but the uncanny aspect of the whole story is the atmosphere leading up to this very shocking moment.
First of all, we are being thrown into an enjoyable, delightful village, giving us the overall impression of positivity.
“The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely, and the grass was richly green.”
The very small children rolled in the dust or clung to the hands of their older brothers or sisters.”
Soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes.”
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