be wanting to go back inside caves, nobody work anymore, live that way for a while. Used to be a say saying about ‘Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.’ First thing you know, we’s all be eating chicken weed and acorns.” This gives you an idea who is in and who is out and this is a requirement of solidarity. Next we will take a look at the type of society the one in “The Lottery” is. It does not take long to see this community is a mechanical society. This is due to the fact that there is little division of labor; most of the men are farmers, and there is a high degree of unity. A few people do lightly protest the lottery, but they still participate in the old tradition. This shows the high degree of unity in of the thoughts and actions of the individuals in the mechanical society. Because there is so much agreement in this type of society the stoning of Mrs. Hutchinson is performed swiftly and there is a high cohesion to the rules of the game. The lack of autonomy and choice are readily available in this story of a mechanical society. Taking place in the lottery can be seen, as a type of suicide witch is present in a mechanical society due to the cohesiveness of this type of society. In this short story by Shirley Jackson, we can see many sociological theories pioneered by Emile Durkheim. His sociological theory defiantly helps explain some of the group phenomenon present in this group in the story. This theories help give us much needed insight to help explain the social community in “The Lottery”. ...
