Themes in the Story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson

The Lottery is indeed shocking, but as much for its simplistic and pessimistic account of inherent human evil than for its courage in facing up

Stories have competing themes and one often wins out in the end Jackson's classic story, The Lottery is a good example of this See the Preview for how

the fairplayio In The Lottery, Shirley Jackson represents the notion of the scapegoat as someone who is blamed for the evils of a society and banished in

thelotter oregon One piece of textual evidence that supports this theme is when the character Mrs Adams says, Some places have already quit lotteries Nothing