The Lottery

In the short story, The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson there are many different significant meanings portrayed from beginning to end. Old Man Warner says, "People ain't the way they used to be" (pg 410). This is an old man who has been around since the very start of this tradition and he finds that the village people are not as loyal as they have been. When Mrs. Adams explains of how other villages are not doing the lottery anymore, he snarls back with how crazy these people must be. Mrs. Hutchinson's apron signifies that these people are from the early developments of society. These villages relied on their crops for their very survival. Hard work and tradition go a long way to these people. The black spot on the paper also was significant in that it was the mark of death. Maybe the chosen one to be sacrificed for the harvest.

Kirzner and Mandell. Literature:reading,reacting,writing. 2007.