Author's note: This is
a response to the short story “Lottery” by Shirley Jackson.
How
would you feel if you won the Lottery and all you received is death? Well in
the short story “Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Tessie wins the lottery and she
gets the reward of death. The whole city was brain washed by the government to
do this, boys cheerful, and collecting rocks. Why would they do this kill an innocent
person for no reason? It comes down to tradition the people felt like they need
this when they really didn’t.
You
would think winning the lottery would be the best thing ever but it really isn’t.
You expect getting a million dollars or a new car but in this story you get
stoned. People would all throw at the winner even the loved ones they had to do
it it’s their tradition. And the one who is anti-lottery is chosen to die. I
feel like Tessie didn’t want this to happen because she didn’t believe in this
silly tradition like the rest of her family and friends.
This
was a very ironic story it demonstrated that through-out the book. Tessie even
complained that the rules were unfair. She was doomed and she didn’t even go
down for a good cause like some of the others might have liked to. Overall the
tradition in the town was not needed and I think some of the people noticed
that through the lottery.
