The Lottery
... of people and their actions are very typical and not irregular. Children play happily, women gossip, and men casually talk about farming. Everyone is coming together for what seems to be enjoyable, festive, even celebratory occasion. Hong 2 However, the pleasant description of the setting creates a fade within the story. The setting covers the very ritualistic and brutally violent traditions such as the stoning of Mrs. Hutchinson, who dared to defy tradition. In the story, Mrs. Hutchinson says in front of the villagers, “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I say you. It wasn’t fair!” Obviously, Mrs. Hutchison would win the Lottery because her action seems resist against the man who gets control. Unfortunately, villagers do not care about it because the tradition is very coveted in this small town. Otherwise, no one ever tries to resist against Mr. Summers because of the fear. When the time she wrote the story, she experienced World War II, the Holocaust, and the selected men for the army by the lottery. These events exactly show that people do without knowing or challenging the truth. On the other hand, nowadays in capitalism of modern society, some wealthiest and powerful businessmen lead to the society economically and politically, managing the rules and people for their own benefits. But people do not try out defy because of the same reason the villagers. The author also points out her purpose from some other things. As the story say, the black box uses for the lottery and the significance of farming for the community. Farming is also the only known way of life because of tradition. The men in the Lottery are speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes? This is because the ritual performed in the story is supposed to have an effect on the harvest. The abundance of their harvest supposedly depends upon their performing the ritual of the lottery. Although it is implied that the abundance of their harvest depends entirely on cruel act of stoning a human being to death, there is evidence that not all in the community agree with the ritual. Children are an important focus in the story. Jackson makes it easy for us to imagine their boisterous play and the children are described in depth. I think these children symbolize perceived states Hong 3 of happiness in the story. I also believe they are vital necessities in the story because they are taught and expected to carry the traditions without a certain reason to keep the tradition. For instance in the story, someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles so that he will then be able to participate in the stoning of his own mother. In the story, many parts of the ritual had been changed or even long forgotten by most of the people. This fact in itself, along with a few other clues, tells me that not everyone agrees with it. Mrs. Delacroix says, “Seems like there’s no time at all between lotteries anymore.” This means that the lottery is much too frequent or should not even be done at all. I believe that many disagree with the practice of the ritual, I also think that the individual feels helpless in putting a stop to i...