Attention Seeing Behavior

“One of the most important lessons learned was never to assume you’ve won before the simulation is over. We possessed the highest shareholder value for all rollovers except the final round. Our placement dropped to fourth in the final round as a result of poor allocation of funds due to the assumption that we couldn’t be beat.”

In the story “The Lottery”, we find out that Tessie Hutchinson was chosen to be the towns’ scapegoat. Reading the title of the story I figured that it would be based on money, but sadly it had nothing to do with money. Mrs. Hutchinson’s village had an annual lottery in which everyone in the household was obligated to participate in. No one could remember how far back this annual ritual went or why it

In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, the small village, at first, seems to be lovely, full of tradition, with the townspeople fulfilling their civic duties, but instead this story is bursting with contrast. The expectations that the reader has are increasingly altered. The title of this short story raises hope, for in our society the term “lottery” typically is associated with winning money or other perceived “good” things. Most people associate winning a lottery with luck, yet Jackson twists this notion around and the luck in this village is with each of the losers.

One can say that there are certain demons that inhabit the closest people in your life, such as betrayal and jealousy to protect themselves. To shed more light on this, in the short story “The Lottery” stated that, “And someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles" -- and closes in on her” (Jackson). As I read this section of the story, I strongly believe that money tends to destroy the strong bonds one has with their own family members. Furthermore, after seeing a movie clip of this story, I seen Davy Hutchinson and Mr. Hutchinson moving away from Mrs. Hutchinson in a clam way, they had no expression in their face that made them look hurt after what was going to happen to Mrs. Hutchison (Jackson, Rando). I think that Jackson was showing us that your own family turns against you and that cruel things would continue to happen in life. In addition, Jackson is trying to say that winning is not always a positive thing or it’s not guaranteed a happy

When a loving, caring, family oriented, women come in conflict with the horrible, despicable, inhumane lottery in a situation in which the town goes together, the results may be a terrible end in a young life. In “The Lottery” written by, Shirley Jackson, the main character Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson’s and the town folk are the main characters of this story. In “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson uses the use of characterization to portray the main ideas of the story. Shirley Jackson also uses the use of plot structure and the point of view in which the story is being told. The Lottery is a way to make a sacrifice for a good harvest in the upcoming season.

The lottery is usually associated with beating the odds and winning something extravagant. In Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery”, the reader is led to believe the story is about something cheerful and happy given the setting of a warm summer day and children out of school for the summer. Jackson turns winning the lottery into a bad thing. Of 300 villagers Tessie Hutchinson shows up late, claiming she forgot about the annual lottery drawing, but seems very excited to have made it on time. When Tessie was in no danger she is gossiping with neighbors and encourages her husband to draw for the winner. Jackson curiously builds up the character of Tessie so that it seems she is blinded by tradition until she becomes a victim of it

    "The Lottery," a short story written by Shirley Jackson, is a tale about a disturbing social practice.  The setting takes place in a small village consisting of about three hundred denizens.  On June twenty-seventh of every year, the members of this traditional community hold a village-wide lottery in which everyone is expected to participate.  Throughout the story, the reader gets an odd feeling regarding the residents and their annual practice.  Not until the end does he or she gets to know what the lottery is about.  Thus, from the beginning of the story until almost the end, there is an overwhelming sense that something terrible is about to happen due to the Jackson's effective

Perry looks around at Cherry and Gary, reflecting over how good his life has been and how the only thing important to him is his family. Then the phone rings, the same time everyday, 3:30pm on the dot. It’s always John, persuading Perry to sign away his winnings. But today is different when the phone rings. Perry answers and says, “People should get what they want. I’m calling a family meeting.” (282). Throughout the book Lottery, by Patricia Wood, Perry has to make various hard decisions. One of the most important, he learns, is that money doesn’t mean happiness.

child at an early age. In "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson reveals the tradition of the lottery

In the short story “ The Lottery “ by Shirley Jackson the characters have a different feeling about the lottery. When Mrs. Hutchinson came late, she seemed like a cheerful lady that wouldn’t do any harm. When Jackson wrote the story, it seemed that she wanted something in the story that gives a “ big punch “ when the readers read. There's really no problem when the person's attitude changes to nice-crazy. Mrs Delacroix changes at the very end. She seemed very friendly, but when they decided or who the sacrifice is, she took a huge rock. Everyone's feelings change when they are included in something that they may have been forced on. Never let people say what they want to you, fight back with all you got and people will support you. Its interesting

In the story, “The Lottery”, the characters are introduced in a carefree way. One character, Tessie Hutchinson, was introduced as a woman who had forgotten an important day in her community and was late to the event. Throughout “The Lottery”, Mrs. Hutchinson displays two main traits. First, Mrs. Hutchinson displays being carefree. Mrs. Hutchinson was very calm when she walked up to the crowd as she said, “‘Clean forgot what day it was’” (Jackson). This shows how common an ordeal the lottery was in their way of life. The lottery did not seem to make anyone super nervous. This shows how Mrs. Hutchinson developed as a character throughout the story. Mrs. Hutchinson was also frightened. When Mr. Hutchinson unfolded his slip of paper Tessie began to scream of unfairness (Jackson). Mrs. Hutchinson shows how frightened she is for her life because she knows that she has a higher chance of dying once her husband is shown with the only special slip of paper. Another character in “The Lottery” is Mr. Summers.Mr. Summers shows two main traits while in the story as well. Mr. Summers is a married man, without children, that “...[has the] time and energy to devote to civic activities”, which makes him responsible in his town(Jackson). This is important to the story because he is the proctor of an age-old tradition that kills people. Mr. Summers almost acts as if “The Lottery” is just like any other community event like a county fair. He acts with no remorse because it is traditional to have the lottery. Mr. Summers also is traditional. As he is setting up for the lottery to begin, he remembers and performs a lot of rituals that occur during this event like using the same black drawing box or calling up each male head of household or making up the family lists after everyone was gathered (Jackson). Mr. Summers is knit picky about what happens as the day moves along because if anything goes wrong, he is responsible and could possibly be disciplined for the mistake. If there was a mistake the result could quite possibly be death because that is the whole purpose of the lottery, to rid the community of a person, by stoning. Therefore, Mr. Summers would not stray from the traditional ways of performing the lottery at all. The

In today’s society we perceive the lottery as being a great fortune brought down upon you by Lady Luck. It is a serendipitous event, even if the person has done nothing to earn it. One would never see the lottery as an unfortunate occasion that occurred in your life because it is supposed to bring prosperity into your life. Also, one would not dare to think that winning the lottery would bring such repercussions as injury or death. In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, the author could have used Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson as the town’s scapegoat due to their reluctance to change traditions, her horrible work ethic, and minority status as a woman.

After faced with new responsibilities, a person is subject to become overwhelmed and at times insecure. When being a lottery winner, privacy becomes nonexistent because they are now considered to be a local celebrity. Being obligated to uphold the duties of a celebrity places a large burden on the life of a lottery winner. A lottery winner will begin to over analysis events taking place and question the intentions of people around them. They begin to constantly ask themselves, “Are people around for the best interest of them or their winnings.” Much insecurity faced by a lottery can result in the lost of their true character. The lottery winner begins to abandoned their previous hobbies, job, and interests left to be known as the person who won the lottery. Their need to feel empowered is now effected resulting in their drive to regain their empowerment by any means

According to her own words, “What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.”(Brainy Quote Website)

The age old question,”Do you believe in luck”, is asked over and over again throughout one's life. Oprah Winfrey once said, “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”. She’s saying that luck only comes if you make it happen. One must be prepared, seek an favored occasion, and grasp at opportunities. Oprah believes that through these things, you will find your own luck.