“The Lottery”

The title of this short story raises hope, for in our society the term “lottery” typically is associated with winning money or other perceived “good” things

Regardless of which interpretation you favor, The Lottery is, at its core, a story about the human capacity for violence, especially when that

plot slot The story opens with the villagers gathering for their annual lottery Tessie arrives late, joking that she ''clean forgot what day it was

plot of the lottery The setting for the story, a gathering in a small rural village, wasn't a fictional construct in America in the summer of 1948 The setting was emblematic of