Controversy Of The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson generated anger and was widely misinterpreted when it was first published. Many of the subscribers to The New Yorker took her writing in the wrong way which caused a major uproar during the 1950s. I believe these critics are incorrect and the basis of the storyline of Jackson’s family in the story plays a major role in the aspect of how the story develops in what Jackson was attempting to get out of her short story. The creation of the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a widely misinterpreted short story behind the true intent that Jackson was attempt to portray in her writing. Jackson was attempting to predict the forthcoming future and the basis of her time while writing the story plays a huge role in the understanding behind her intentions.

As generations of readers were shocked to learn, community order in the fictional village is nourished by solstice blood. An because of this Shirley Jackson had become a nation sensation, everyone wanted to know what was meant by this short story and why she had created it. The basis of this short story extends back to Jackson’s early childhood were she had seen herself as a psychic even as a young girl growing up. As a child she was interested in stories that had to deal with witchcraft. It has been noted by Jennifer Hicks, author of “The Overview of ‘The Lottery’,” states that Jackson had the ability to see our present in our past (Hicks pg1). With barbaric rituals used once in communities in a harsh environment that were no longer accepted by society is where Jackson found an understanding for the basis of her short