Interpretation of "The Lottery" by Shirly Jackson-A tale of pointless violence, inhumanity, and senseless adherence, while unintentionally enlightening the readers with a morality lesson.

My scholarly interpretation of The Lottery A lottery: the word lightly rings a blissful tone through out the ears of most American citizens. Yet, in the small town that Shirley Jackson writes about in her short story The Lottery, the word unknowingly stings the ears of these quiet townspeople. Jackson writes about a town that is blinded by an adherence to a tradition. While the actual lottery in the story may seem as an exaggeration, …

…the reader to comprehend, enjoy, view Jackson's ideal text. Selected details such as the time of the lottery and the size of the rocks thrown by Mrs. Hutchinson's friend and son, proves Jackson's objective that the society was contributing to a blinded adherence to a pointless, violent tradition. At the same time the reader is realizing all this, they are untimely struck by the perils that society is still like this today. Word Count- 1,091