8217;s stories always seem to center on one thing: almost every story is about a protagonist’s discovering or failing to discover or successfully ignoring an alternate way of perceiving a set of circumstances or the world. Often a change in the character’s perspective leads to terror, anxiety, neurosis, or even loss of their identity. Jackson’s most notable work “The Lottery” is a ghastly story that tells of the way people blindly follow traditions and conform to their society. She also published many short stories in periodicals such as the New Yorker, Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day, The Hudson Review, and The Yale Review. She also published novels such as The Road Through the Wall, and the Haunting of Hill House, before her death in 1965.Jackson’s reputation is widely known and has yet to start to diminish. Her works of literature may scare people sometime but their effects and the impact they have on their readers don’t seem to be fading as the years go by. April RangelEnglish 1302Lola KingOctober 5, 2000Symbolism in “The Lottery”The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson found in Perrine’s Literature written by Thomas R. Arp is a story full of symbolism. The yearly lottery is an event that has taken place on June 27, every year for as long as anyone can remember. For this lottery every member of the community gathers in the town square mid morning to participate. Every head of household draws a slip of paper from the traditional black box. One of those slips has a black dot on it. Whoever gets the black dot must then put their paper back and each member of his family must draw a slip. Whichever one draws the black dot is then the lottery winner. The community without any sense of remorse or sorrow then stones this person to death. “The Lottery” uses symbolism to give you insight and to foreshadow what is to come at the end of the lotter...
