Symbols And Death In Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

Also, this ritual burial signifies how it is relevant to the individual. They show how they care about it. How each character prepares for the ceremony. In "The Lottery" it illustrates how children make for the lottery. The children in town "made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarded it." (Jackson 243) not only that, but also the adults "stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet, and they smiled rather than laughed." (Jackson 243). It seems how people in the town are happy to have the lottery not knowing what is the real reason behind it. According to Jennifer Hicks, Shirley Jackson made us feel that as if the reader is part of the lottery on how Jackson discusses how the

Although, it depicts how each tradition is right or wrong. We have seen that these two stories illustrate how they value and how it is relevant from the individual. However, in Jackson’s story, it shows how absurd is their traditional. Jennifer Hicks have mentioned that the ritual that they have been performing is violent, pointless, and arbitrary sacrifices. Shirley Jackson points out, "Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her." (249). Tessie was unlucky chosen by the lottery to be stoned to death, and the villagers do not mind whoever it is because it is traditional to them. It is clearly that the villagers are willing to sacrifice someone that they know. Even children "had stones already, and someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles." (Jackson 249). It is immoral how they act. They are too blinded on what is happening. Jackson clearly showed how people could be cruel to each

According to Angelina Paul, Pueblo culture of death is not the end. It is just the beginning. They believed that people 's spirit would give abundance to the harvest. Leon has a good intention in Teofilo 's death funeral. He wishes for him to be on the other side. He even asked the priest for the help to be sure he is helping Teofilo. Silko explains in her how Leon, "I (he) only came to ask you if you would bring your holy water to the graveyard." (378). In this statement, Leon wants the priest holy water so Teofilo will not be thirsty on the other side. However, the priest did not agree on Leon, the fact that they are Indians not Christians. After all, the priest had come to accept Leon 's