![]() There is nothing unusual, the reader finds that the lottery is popular, nearly all the villagers are in attendance, Jackson even going as far as to name some of them. This is significant as it again suggests that what is going to occur is normal (if not accepted). ![]() We have the date and Jackson also describes it as being a normal sunny day. Though some readers might feel the information being provided by Jackson is unnecessary or irrelevant (in light of what actually happens in the story), the benefit of the information is that it grounds the story. The first paragraph of the story is also interesting. This may be significant as it suggests that the children are aware of what is going to happen (the stoning) and may be afraid to participate. They appear to be reluctant to participate in the lottery. The children, when they are being called by their mothers, have to be called four or five times. ![]() There may also be some further foreshadowing in the third paragraph of the story. ![]() The stones that the young boys are collecting and placing in a pile, though this appears to be relatively harmless, they are in fact to be used in the stoning of Tessie Hutchinson at the end of the story. Set in a mall village in New England the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and very early on in the story (the second paragraph) the reader realises that Jackson is using foreshadowing. ![]() In The Lottery by Shirley Jackson we have the theme of acceptance, family and tradition. ![]()
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