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Symbolism: in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Although she stated her purpose in writing the story “to shock the story’s readers with a graphic demonstration of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.” Her stories created a passageway for other readers to observe. Shirley Jackson a resident of San Francisco in the early 1900-1965 was a clever writer. Jackson suffered from severe depression during her studies at Rochester although her illness persisted she still managed to overcome this disease and finished school at Syracuse University. Jackson wrote many other novel such as The Road Through the Wall (1948), a trio of thrillers: Hangsaman (1951), the Haunting of Hill House (1959), and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962) and other articles for other magazines. One story in particular that fascinated her audience was written in 1948, the “Lottery” was a success that promptly sold out, it had appeared in a magazine called the New Yorker. The story is portrayed in a small village that held a Lottery on the 27th of June of every year. Heads of families, heads of households in each family, members of each family were sworn in by oath to participate in this ceremonial function. The story is focused around a black box, slips of paper and a black spot. These items are centered on this event in order to conduct the Lottery. Traditional for seventy-two years the Lottery had been conducted in the village at the same time and place every year. At the end of the story a person is sacrificed for the good of the village, which in turn would bring an abundance of corn crops. *The underlying principle in the Lottery is to clearly demonstrate how people are unwilling to make modifications in their everyday lives. Her conception of the story creates an illusion in allegory, but reveals symbolic items on how the village is passable with the way things are.
Approximate Word count = 1195
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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