The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, is about a small-minded village that savors on tradition. The town holds a lottery once a year where all the families gather around in a big crowd in the Village Square. The lottery is conducted by Mr. Summers, a man who often leads the town's activities such as square dances, Halloween parties, charities, etc. In the crowd, wives gabber about the daily gossip. Fathers chat …

…yet to stop and people are still being killed. In every part of the world, there are different cultures, beliefs, and ways of doing things. Old traditions die hard, especiallyfor a small village of only three hundred people. Who knows why it was invented? Religon and tradition may play a big part of a sadistic ritual performed by the people who die from it. They call it the Lottery. Bibliography The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson