EVERYDAY USE & THE LOTTERY

EVERYDAY USE & THE LOTTERY

EVERYDAY USE & THE LOTTERY

Although Shirley Jackson wrote humorous pieces, number of books and children's stories, she is best known for the short story The Lottery. In The Lottery Jackson depicts the common people of a simple village offering the yearly ritual killing of one of their own. Jackson goes to great lengths to inform the readers that the annual stoning was a rite that has existed for a long time. She observes that the original equipment for the lottery had been misplaced a long time ago and many details ...