Hutchinson

Puritans and Pilgrims settled in the New England colonies of Massachusetts, Rode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. The Puritans came to seek religious freedom and new settlements and to escape the religious persecution they were facing in England. The colonies in New England had sandy coasts with assessable ports, forest hills, and flat woodlands. The soil was thin and rocky which was bad for farming. Lumbering, trading, shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling were all common occupations in the

though they had already replaced the traditional wood chips for the drawing with pieces of paper. Mr. Summers mixes up the papers that are made the night before and begins to go over the general rules of the lottery. Before he can begin, Tessie Hutchinson enters late because she forgot that today was the day of the lottery. As she walks through the crowd to stand by her family the townspeople playfully joke with her and her family about being late. Mr. Summers continues with going over the rules

The Ironies in “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson made quite a commotion when her short story named “The Lottery” was first published in the New Yorker in 1948. The twist ending shocked many who first read it, readers criticize her on how she could write about a primitive village that blindly follow an age old tradition, this kind of violent behavior is below them after all. Quite ironic considering that it happens during WWII, one of the bloodiest events in human history. Jackson, herself who recognizes

a small tax that went straight to Britain, instead of going through the local legislature. The Stamp Act greatly angered the colonists, since it confirmed that they weren’t respected by England. Even George Washington and royal appointee Thomas Hutchinson felt that this law was unfair. They

the end. Shirley Jackson is no exception. In the short stories “The Lottery” and “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson both take twist that the reader doesn’t expect. In “The Lottery” a small town gathers to draw a winner; however Tessie Hutchinson is not delighted to be the winner. Also in “The Possibility of Evil” another small town has an unexpected villain who resides on Pleasant St. Shirley Jackson uses literary devices to depict twist at the end of her short stories because she used

each head of household is called forward to draw a slip of paper from a black box. After everyone has drawn, one family, in this case, the Hutchinson family, has a slip of paper with a black spot on it. The second phase of The Lottery then follows, as each member of the family comes forward to draw another piece of paper. After unfolding the papers, Tessie Hutchinson discovers that she has the piece with the black spot, and she is then stoned to death. Jackson uses a unique method of establishing the

of the town and use as a sacrifice of sorts. They will be sacrificed as an offering to be blessed with better crops for the following year. So as the happy townsfolk do their “wonderful” lottery the one chosen wasn’t so happy as the rest. Tessie Hutchinson was chosen and has to be sacrificed by stoning for the greater good of her village, but once chosen her views on the whole matter swing in a heartbeat. The whole theme of the story is how tradition for some can vary for people to people, but In

hope to assure that the community will have a prosperous harvest. Takes place in June 27, each year at 10:00 am. This tradition has been taking place for decades and passed down by generations. There are five main characters in this story, Tessie Hutchinson, Mr.

Sacrifice As children, many people become accustomed to utilizing the words “good” and “bad” in daily speech. Whether it is to describe how one is feeling or the nature of a decision made, the practice of binary labeling becomes a habit. In the novel The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coehlo and the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, the villagers must choose between what they perceive as good and what is not. The issue presented in both pieces of literature is whether the good of the many

and self-control. Dramatic Play During my observation, I witnessed a group of two- one boy and one girl-playing house. According to Hutchinson (2011) children often use playing house as an opportunity to explore reality and their social roles based on adult behavior. The two children that I observed explored reality and their social roles as they