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A 3 page paper which discusses allegory in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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in a pleasant country town. Throughout the story niceties seem to take place as the tension builds to a climax that is essentially unforgettable. Jacksons story is many things, but
it is most certainly an allegory about society itself, how society mindlessly engages in pleasantries while engaging in murder and violence. The Lottery
"The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions: most of them were quiet. wetting their lips. not looking around" (Jackson). While
there are many ways one could look at the story of Jackson in relationship to its being an allegory of society, it is quite obviously intended to shock and make
the reader think about the most pleasant of realities that often overshadow truth in violence. This introduction excerpt illustrates how the people did not really even think about was taking
place, an event that the reader knows nothing about really at this point. The townspeople did not really even pay attention to what was said or what was being done
because they simply followed the tradition, almost making a party of it, although in this excerpt there is an understanding that people are beginning to get nervous, though the first
time reader has no idea why. "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer
day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green" (Jackson). The narrator, or the point of view, in this story truly is one of the most powerful
sources for the success of this story as an incredible allegory. The narrator sets up this pleasant environment and describes the simplicity, and the seemingly happy and ignorant behavior of
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