Lesson Plan For Teaching Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

This frequently anthologized tale of victimization exemplifies the central themes of Jackson's fiction, which include such ordinary yet grotesque realities as

The Lottery is a short story about a tradition that the villagers are fully loyal to and represents a behavior or idea that has been passed down from generation

the dear departed summary The short story 'The Lottery' written by Shirley Jackson, explores manythemes One of the main themes is the destructive nature of mob mentality

the lottery shirley jackson symbolism The light comic tone of those books contrasts sharply with the dark pessimism of Jackson's other works, whose general theme is the presence of evil and chaos