The Lottery

Shirley Jackson’s, The Lottery, has raised questions in the back of every reader’s mind towards the destructive yet blind rituals of mankind. A reflection of ourselves is what we see when looking through the pond of Jackson’s mind. The Lottery clearly expressed Jackson’s feelings concerning traditional rituals through her story, opened the eyes of its readers to properly classify and question some of today’s traditions as cruel, and allowed room …

…the situations, our future depends heavily upon the allowance of evolution through our present standpoints and how we select to alter it. Human nature will prevail no matter what our society wants to alter; however, who is to say that human nature is a violent one without compassion for fellow spirit? Shirley Jackson’s story outlined more than just a cruel tradition; it outlined the essence of evolution upon a civilization and the human race.