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A 3 page paper which examines why first time readers of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" would be shocked. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
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very simplistic and almost ideal environment. It is, however, also a story that can shock many first time readers. The following paper examines how and why this story could shock
such readers. The Lottery: Shocking Jacksons story takes place in a very simple community, something of an ideal community, where all the people seem to be coming out
for some annual celebration. In this setting the reader is sucked into believing this is the perfect place to live, the perfect community that speaks of peace and love and
harmony and simplicity. This is the most powerful reason why the story, or the storys end, is so shocking. These simple people with their ideal lives are actually gathering to
see whose name is drawn from the "black box" and whoevers name is pulled will be immediately stoned to death. One teacher illustrates how she had the class read
the story, one page at a time, having copied them off so the students could not see the ending or read ahead. She states that each day they discussed a
page and then when they finally finished the story the students were so shocked they had to go back and found " examples of foreshadowing" so they could better understand
what they had just read (TeacherFocus.com). If they had not been shocked they would likely not have done this, and they were probably shocked because, as noted, it is such
a pleasant story at first giving us such images as " The morning...was clear and sunny...fresh warmth of a full-summer day;...flowers...blossoming profusely" and "The lottery was conducted--as were the square
dances, the teen club" (Jackson). These are innocent and pure images that do not indicate that the horror of stoning a member of the community is what the gathering is
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