Blind…Blind I Say! The short story “The Lottery” is a real shocker. You will not have any idea of the harsh and cruel conclusion. It has a very unique way of concealing the true happenings. It is a virtually floating in a sea of ironies and symbolisms. And that, I believe, is the one that brought about its success. The setting of the event is a very effective decoy. It diverts the reader from …showed first 75 words of 791 total…

…showed last 75 words of 791 total…the three-legged stool indicates mankind’s ultimate sin of putting man’s law above the law of God. “God’s law is the supreme law.” This is the open truth that the villagers refused to believe. It is the reality that they failed to see. And for what reason? They are blind. They are blinded by earthly ideas ( power, money, tradition)…the very ideas that are holding their necks and bringing them to their doom.