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Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery: Setting & Theme

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)May 19, 2011Leave a comment

The Lottery In many stories, settings are constructed to help build the mood and to foreshadow things to come. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a story in which the setting sets up the reader to think of positive outcomes. However, this description of the setting foreshadows exactly the opposite of what is to come.…

Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery: Summary & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)May 19, 20111 Comment

Shirley Jackson’s insights and observations about man and society are reflected in her famous short story “The Lottery”. Many of her readers have found this story shocking and disturbing. Jackson reveals two general attitudes in this story: first, the shocking reality of human’s tendency to select a scapegoat and second, society as a victim of…

Shirley Jackson’s Haunting of Hill House: Summary & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)May 17, 2011Leave a comment

The story “Haunting of Hill House” has great examples of people changing just to fit in. The author Shirley Jackson, who died in 1965, was one of the most brilliant writers of her time. She was widely acclaimed for her hair-raising stories and novels of the supernatural. Although the “Haunting of Hill House” fits this…

The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson: Literary Criticism

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)January 29, 20111 Comment

Historical-Biographical Written 3 years after WWII and reflects the mob mentality of the Holocaust As a child, Shirley Jackson was bullied by other children (even pelted with stones) Thought that she may have been reflecting on prejudiced values within her hometown Being pelted with stones is a direct transfer of events that occurred in her…

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