The Lottery: Symbolic Tour de Force

This frequently anthologized tale of victimization exemplifies the central themes of Jackson's fiction, which include such ordinary yet grotesque realities as

Jackson emphasizes the senseless nature of the lottery by mentioning the varied aspects of the tradition that were lost to time and therefore the

themes in the lottery by shirley jackson So it is that the alteration of the tasks assigned to the official in charge of the lottery have made the townspeople believe they've “

themes in the lottery 9 The lottery represents any action, behavior, or idea that is passed down from one generation to the next that's accepted and followed unquestioningly,