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‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson S5 Prose: Short Story ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson

‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson Background Information: The Author Shirley Jackson (born Dec. 14, 1919, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.—died Aug. 8, 1965, North Bennington, Vt.), American novelist and short-story writer best known for her story “The Lottery” (1948). Jackson graduated from Syracuse University in 1940.

‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson Background information: The Story "The Lottery" caused major controversy when it was first published in the June 26, 1948 issue of The New Yorker. Shirley Jackson's implicit critique of the brutality underlying the rituals and values of America‘s small towns outraged magazine readers.

‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson Cont./ The anonymous, generic village in which "The Lottery" is set, in addition to the vicious twist the story gives to a common American ritual, enhance the contemporary reader's uneasy sense that the group violence in the story could be taking place anywhere and everywhere, right now. Jackson's skilful warping of a popular pastime has become an American classic, establishing her position as one of the great American horror writers

‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson Discuss at your tables: What are your thoughts/opinions of the story? Confusing – no explanation about why they stone the lottery “winner” Sudden change/twist – the reader goes from thinking one thing to thinking something completely different Written in 3rd person Set in America; spelling of “color” and “center” Horror genre; psychological

‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson What are a reader’s initial expectations Regarding the story’s plot? ‘Lottery’ has connotations of wealth, money, good fortune, luck, life-changing, happiness, success against the odds, one in a million etc When do these expectations change? Tessie ‘wins’ and starts to complain that “It wasn’t fair” Use of the word “Although” indicates a change in tone “A stone hit her on the side of the head.” Is the moment the reader knows for certain what is going on