Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

“ ‘It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,’ Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon
her.”(About Jackson 2)
When a writer composes a short story, some may have a meaning and others may
not. With the ones that have a purpose, it is usually a very profound, easily understood
meaning that is developed within them. The quote is taken from Shirley Jackson’s, The
Lottery, which is one short story the has a very difficult meaning to be understood . From
this one quote alone, a person should be able to tell that this story is supposed to show
what is right and what is wrong. It is with this in mind that Jackson writes the story to
show us all some kind of meaning.
Shirley Jackson was born December 14, 1919 in San Francisco, California (About
Jackson 2). She lived in San Francisco for twenty-one years until she entered Syracuse
University (Bentley 1). While attending Syracuse, she met and married Stanley Edgar
Hyman, who ironically was a critic that lat...