The Lottery Shirley Jackson In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson one learns that tradition is important. There are several supported examples throughout the story including: The timing and date of the lottery, the officiator of the lottery, and lastly, what the lottery represents to this micro society of “their village”. Shirley Jackson has made tradition not the central but certainly a prevalent theme in this short story written originally for the New Yorker in 1948. While …showed first 75 words of 1074 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1074 total…horrific? Maybe, the villagers are thought to be people outside of who we are, however, countless thousands of Japanese Americans were encamped after the bombing of Pearl Harbor based on the premise they might “be” something dangerous. It may be a comforting thought to think of ourselves as something different than the villagers are; however, are we always so different than the villager who threw the first stone to hurry up and get to lunch?