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“The Lottery” Shirley Jackson

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What is Lottery? • A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers for a prize. • Lotteries are outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. ... For example, the prize can be a fixed amount of cash or goods.

“The Lottery” Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson • Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer, known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. • Over the duration of her career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two memoirs, and over 200 short stories.

Shirley Jackson • Jackson would garner significant public attention for her short story "The Lottery" which details a secret, sinister underside to a bucolic American village • In 1959, she published The Haunting of Hill House, a supernatural horror novel widely considered to be one of the best ghost stories ever written.[

Introduction about the story • "The Lottery" has been described as "one of the most famous short stories in the history of American literature". • It initially received a negative response, which surprised both Jackson and The New Yorker. •

Introduction about the story • Readers cancelled subscriptions and sent hate mail throughout the summer. • The Union of South Africa banned the story

Characters of the Story

Tessie Hutchinson • The unlucky loser of the lottery. Tessie draws the paper with the black mark on it and is stoned to death. • She is excited about the lottery and fully willing to participate every year, but when her family’s name is drawn, she protests that the lottery isn’t fair. Tessie arrives at the village square late because she forgot what day it was.

Old Man Warner • The oldest man in the village. Old

Man Warner has participated in seventy-seven lotteries. He condemns the young people in other villages who have stopped holding lotteries, believing that the lottery keeps people from returning to a barbaric state

Mr. Summers • The man who conducts the lottery.

Mr. Summers prepares the slips of paper that go into the black box and calls the names of the people who draw the papers. • The childless owner of a coal company, he is one of the village leaders.

Bill Hutchinson Tessie’s husband. Bill first draws the marked paper, but he picks a blank paper during the second drawing. • He is fully willing to show everyone that his wife, Tessie, has drawn the marked paper. •

Mr. Harry Graves •

The postmaster. Mr. Graves helps Mr. Summers prepare the papers for the lottery and assists him during the ritual.

Summary of the Story On June 27th, the residents of a small New England village gather in the town square to conduct the lottery. Mr. Summers, the officiate of the lottery, brings the black box into the center of the square. Mr. Graves, the postmaster, brings a stool for the black box. Mr. Summers conducts a quick roll call. Clyde Dunbar is at home with a broken leg, so his wife will draw lots for him. Similarly, the Watson boy draws for his mother.

Summary of the Story

Finally, the lottery begins. Each one of the three hundred or so residents of the village draw a piece of paper from the black box. Bill Hutchison, the head of his household, draws a paper with a black dot on it. A second lottery is held, this time with only five slips of paper, one each for the of Bill's family. Bill's wife Tessie draws the black dot. She protests that the drawing wasn't fair even as her neighbors begin stoning her to death.

The Elements of Prose • Characters are the people or animals in the story. • Setting is when or where the story takes place. • Plot is tells what happens in the story or the sequence of events. • Conflict is the main struggle or opposition in a story that the protagonist has to solve or face

The Elements of Prose • Point of view of the story relates to the person telling the story. • Theme is the lesson or message of a story. • Mood is the prevailing feeling of the story created through words and descriptions.

Questions to answer : 1. What is the setting of the story? 2. What can be seen on the slip of the paper of the winner of the lottery? 3. Who arrived late to the late to the lottery? 4. About how long does it to take for the event of the lottery finish? 5. What is the prize for winning “The Lottery”?

6. In what season does “The Lottery” occur? 7. From what point of view does Jackson write the story? 8. Why do the people participate in a tradition/ritual that nobody knows the real origins to ? (3pts)

Identify the elements of “The Lottery” by filling the graph below

“Elements of Prose” Setting

Plot Conflict Characters

Point of view Theme