The Lottery

Shirley Jackson’s most popular short story “The Lottery” possesses many characteristics of shock and flaws in human nature. The shock is created with the contrast between the society and the savage act that they commit. The flaws in human nature that murder is a tradition in the village. Also, that the characters in her story have a lack of emotion and foresight. “This short story gives the sinister after the innocuous instead of the …

…savage act committed by the people of the town. This is done for no real reason, and it is traditional in the town. The flaws of human nature are that the tradition is followed without an explanation. Also, the attitudes of the people are that no one shows emotion about the deaths of friends, neighbors, or family. Shirley Jackson created both of these aspects in her writing, and “The Lottery” maintains each of these attributes.