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Analysis of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson: A Mere Image

“The Lottery� by Shirley Jackson was written in 1948. The story takes place in a village square of a town on June 27th. The author does not use much emotion in the writing to show how the barbaric act that is going on is look at as normal. This story is about a town that has a lottery once a year to choose who should be sacrificed, so that the town will have a plentiful year for growing crops. Jackson has many messages about human nature in this short story. The most important message she conveys is how cruel and violent people can be to one another. Another very significant message she conveys is how custom and tradition can hold great power over people. Jackson also conveys the message of how men treat women as objects.
The primary message that Jackson shows in “The Lottery� is that people can be involved with such a violent act and think nothing of it. In the story all the people are happy,......

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