In "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson uses simple objects to symbolize the narrow-mindedness and brutality in people. The people of this small town are set in certain ways and carry on distinctive traditions and rituals. Over time, the ritual of The Lottery has lost all it's meaning. Each year, everyone in the town gather together in what I picture as the "town square." There is one man who stands in front of everyone with a black …showed first 75 words of 500 total…

…showed last 75 words of 500 total…have lost the meaning of the lottery and therefore want to abolish it. If the people don't know the meaning of a tradition and they start leaving even the little things out, what's the point in carrying it out every year, especially when a person is being brutally sacrificed. Jackson, Shirley. "The Lottery." Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X Day, and Robert Funk. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River; Pretence, 1996: 74-79. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**