Analysis of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"

The Lottery Contains Symbols of the Holocaust

Millions of people were brutally massacred in the Holocaust. Because of all the horror and brutality, the Holocaust will be remembered as one of the most notorious if not the most notorious of all crimes. It is a crime that mankind cannot forget and should not forget. As a way of remembering the Holocaust and honoring it’s victims authors have been writing about this event. Authors like Shirley Jackson, for instance, wrote the short story entitled the Lottery. The story is set in a small village and the “Lottery” it holds every year. The Lottery is conducted as the head of each family draws a piece of paper from a symbolic black box. The lucky winner who draws the winning paper then gets the prize of being stoned to death in the middle of the town. The Lottery is an excellent analogy because it’s characters are symbols of the Holocaust.
One of the main characters and the orchestrator of the Lottery is Mr. S...