Shirley Jackson: Themes & Symbols in The Lottery and Other Works

Jackson explains how keeping up with some traditions that are part of people's life, may not be the best choice to embrace a particular culture Jackson uses

Shirley Jackson: Themes & Symbols in The Lottery and Other Works Jackson's characters play crucial roles in underscoring the story's central themes The townspeople, despite their individual identities,

Jackson explains how keeping up with some traditions that are part of people's life, may not be the best choice to embrace a particular culture Jackson uses

theme of the lottery shirley jackson “The Lottery” teaches you that humans will blindly follow traditions, but that it is never too late to break away from them The theme of

Shirley Jackson received over 300 letters People are not all good or all evil but a mixture of both Other ideasthemes can be applied to “The Lottery”

themes of the lottery Right, still with me? · The story addresses a number of different themes in its short text; that of violence, of mob mentality, of conscription,

The vulnerability of the individual