By Shirley Jackson
How is the ending of the lottery a surprise?
The setting of Shirley Jackson
What is the conclusion of the lottery?
The infamous conclusion of The Lottery, in which
the “winner” of the titular lottery is stoned to death as a sacrifice to nature and the harvest
, comes as a shock to the reader, since there has been little-to-no information about the purpose of the lottery itself.
Who win the lottery at the end of the short story?
Jackson defers the revelation of the lottery’s true purpose until the very end of the story, when “the winner,”
Tess Hutchison
, is stoned to death by friends and family.
What happens to Mrs Hutchinson at the end of the story?
The woman selected by the lottery to be sacrificed, she is stoned to death by the villagers
at the very end of the story. … Her casual attitude as she jokes with her neighbors changes dramatically when the Hutchinson family is selected in the lottery.
What is the moral lesson of the lottery ticket?
The main theme of the story “The Lottery Ticket” by Anton Chekhov is
that money can corrupt the soul
. The prospect of a huge lottery win makes Ivan and Masha look at each other with hatred and suspicion, each one believing that the other will be negatively changed by their sudden windfall.
What is the moral of The Lottery?
In “The Lottery,” the moral lesson or theme is
that one should not blindly follow traditions simply because they’re tradition.
Why did they throw stones at Tessie?
The stones symbolize death, but also the villagers’ unanimous support of the lottery tradition. Even as Tessie protests the drawing,
the villagers collect their stones and move into throw them
.
Why is the ending of the lottery so shocking?
Jackson defers the revelation of the lottery’s true purpose until the very end of the story, when
“the winner,” Tess Hutchison, is stoned to death by friends and family
. This shocking event marks a dramatic turning point in how we understand the story.
Why does Tessie think the lottery is unfair?
Tessie thinks the lottery is unfair
because she won
. If someone else won, she would not have complained at all. This is an example of situational irony in that the readers do not expect that the winner of the lottery will be killed.
Why is Mrs Hutchinson upset in the lottery?
Hutchinson is upset when
she draws the slip of paper with the black spot
because this indicates that she has “won” the lottery, meaning she will become the town’s annual sacrifice.
Why was Tessie killed in the lottery?
Tessie is stoned to death
What is Shirley Jackson trying to tell us about ourselves?
She is trying to tell us
that we should be guided by our moral compass
, not merely by the expectations of society. If something is unjust or wrong, we should stand up against it.
What does the lottery ticket symbolize?
In Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Lottery Ticket,” the wife’s lottery ticket symbolizes
greed and materialistic wealth
.
Shirley Jackson’s purpose in writing “The Lottery” was
to show ordinary people in small-town America committing an evil act without any malevolent motive, or even any motive at all
.
