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Interpretation of Shirley Jacksons The Lottery
I remember first reading this story as a sophomore in high school. I remember thinking that it would be about someone winning The Lottery and what they were planning on doing with their winnings. Boy was I wrong! As I reread the story, I noticed how the author uses the setting of the story fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming and the grass was richly green (Kennedy 263) to deter the reader. We imagine a quaint village with woman cooking and children playing, we know nothing of looming darkness about to fall.
In reading the story I felt eager to see if I had missed something the first time. I wondered if perhaps there was some kind of reason behind the lottery besides it being tradition. I wondered why after all of these years they still went along with something so hurtful and demeaning. My questions were not answered, though, because there were no reasons.
We get a glimpse at the beginning, of villages greeting one another speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes (......
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