Symbolism In Jackson's "The Lottery"
In the story "The Lottery" Shirley Jackson, the ritual of the lottery is much more of a death sentence than a game of luck. Within the story there are many symbols which hint that the ritual may be more than what we think of it. As soon as the story begins, there is a giveaway about how the story will end. It seems like it is a normal, nice, sunny day, but you can tell there is something wrong about it.
The morning of the lottery is one that you can tell is not the same as any other morning. It's special, but not in a good way. Bad things are symbolized because "...the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on them..." (84). When would the feeling of liberty ever feel uneasy? It wouldn't; not unless something terrible was going to happen to somebody, one of them, but no one knew who it would be.
The next symbolic event of the story is the gathering at the town center. The mood the townspeople are in suggest that this gathering isn't one thats fun and relaxing. "[T]heir jokes were......
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