Shirley Jackson (1916-1965), outstanding American author who, although not as popular as other globally male counterparts, has been known as just sticking your finger on the pulse of those fears and evils that we do not like too much talking. The lottery is a short story about deconstruction, and the infinite possibilities that reality, to be read as a representation of human reality, is able to cleverly hidden under the veil of appearance (Goobie, 2004). An excellent story, the perfect rhythm, and whose plot is interwoven with wisdom and wealth narrative. As the reading progresses, the desire ...