This is a Literary Analysis paper on "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.

Conflict Faced in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" I feel that Shirley Jackson uses a simple story to explain how people in our society face conflict with society and with fate. Shirley Jackson was a good and very successful writer during her time. She wrote many children's books, novels, and short stories. In this paper I am going to analyze the conflict that is faced between the protagonist and society, and the conflict that the protagonist …

…is writing. Jackson wrote many stories during her career and this one was the best and the weirdest of all. Work's Cited Page About Shirley Jackson. March 5, 2002. http://www.underthesun.cc/Classics/Jackson/. Friedman, Lenemaja. Shirley Jackson. Twayne Publishers: Boston, 1975. Kibler, James E., Jr. Dictionary of Literary Biography. 2 ed. Detroit, Michigan: 1980. Bloom, Harold. Twentieth-Century American Literature. 1 ed. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. Jackson, Shirley. "The Lottery." The Lottery and Other Stories. New York: The Noonday Press, 1991.