Katie Austin
Mrs. Campbell
General Literature
20 April 2013
“The Lottery” In this short story by Shirley Jackson, this story feels very unique and exciting for everyone in this town when it should not be. The author did well on making the story easy to understand and of course unique in its own way. When I first read the story, I understood what was going on and this event was very important to the people in town especially the black box. The beginning of story express how important the black box was to the town. It represents the change over time and tradition trap. The reason it is a tradition trap because it was used over the generation and they don’t want to get a new black box. Along with the box, I feel the people in the town were trap in the town but yet they still stood strong about this event. The Lottery uses irony and symbolizes the black box to death. At first, I really was unsure I like the story, but now after reading it a few more times I really do like it. I feel the story is new and unique to what I read. When I first read it, I didn’t really like the story because I really thought it was horrible. It reminded me of the Hunger Games and Battle Royale, but even with those two movies I didn’t like them either the first time I saw them. All those movies have their meanings why stuff happens for a reason. The comparison to those two movies and the short story is different though. All the kids die except a few in the two movies while I feel one person dies in the book. The Lottery makes me think of religious beliefs because in a way the story is based on beliefs. The town doesn’t believe they did anything wrong. After reading the story as least six times now, I believe the story takes place in the late 1940 because I feel the setting was after the Second World War Also the town was really small and they didn’t seem to have phones or cars. The