The Lottery Rhetorical Analysis

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Two Thumbs up “The Lottery”

Jesse Stewart, Callum Richardson, Jason Lum

Jason: Roeper

Jesse: Ebert

Callum: Guevara

Roper: Breaking news! The short story world just got better, with Shirley Jackson’s new release “The Lottery”. Hello, I'm Richard Roeper, the tribute of New York Times Bestseller. “The Lottery” is an exhilarating, rich piece of art and is one of the biggest achievements of the year, likely receiving multiple rewards.

Ebert: What! Multiple rewards! Are you out of your mind! There were countless aspects of the story that were just horrid. For example, the resolution was way, way, way too rushed. It ended with Tessie been stoned to death desperately yelling that it wasn’t fair. However, it would have been more intriguing if Shirley Jackson stated what happened to the village in the end. If the villagers did stop the lottery, yet the harvest was still plentiful then it also would have helped convey theme such as question traditions because they may just be superstitious.

Guevara: That’s blasphemy! The story was written to perfection keeping the reader on the edge of their seat right to the end. The story includes such vivid details in the exposition, such as the opening line where the reader is immersed in positive and lovely thoughts. The reader is then kept in the dark …show more content…

One of the conflicts is person vs. self, featuring Mrs. Hutchison burdened with the decision of caring for herself or for her family. She says, “There’s Don and Eva, make them take their chance.” This shows that Tessie is trying to get more members to participate, wanting to lower her chance of winning the lottery, which doesn’t make sense whatsoever. Here right before the climax, everyone now knows that the lottery is definitely different. As a result, the climax wasn’t a big plot twist and it didn’t deliver that high emotional intensity that the reader was longing

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