LeIn3: ANALYZING SHIRLEY JACKSON'S THE LOTTERY

LeIn3: ANALYZING SHIRLEY JACKSON'S THE LOTTERY theme of the lottery People are not all good or all evil but a mixture of both Other ideasthemes can be applied to “The Lottery” 34 IRONY Irony = is the contrast themes of the lottery The theme of the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is “the danger of blindly following tradition ” EXPLANATION: The short story of “

themes of the lottery The elaborate ritual of the lottery is designed so that all villagers have the same chance of becoming the victim—even children are at risk Each year, someone

theme park tickets of fortune slot Through the invented tradition of the lottery, Jackson explores the way mythic thinking confers arbitrary events with moral significance  Small Towns and Small Minds Small towns can be friendly; they also can be closed-minded and cruel The Lottery shows how both traits can exist in the same