Themes in Shirley Jakson's The Lottery -

Similarly, the theme of randomness of persecution evidenced by Tessie's death is portrayed in the lottery story whereby Tessie was persecuted for absurd reasons

No reader can finish this story without contemplating the violence and inhumanity that Jackson intended it to portray In the irony of its

themes in the lottery Jackson emphasizes the senseless nature of the lottery by mentioning the varied aspects of the tradition that were lost to time and therefore the

themes in the lottery by shirley jackson This frequently anthologized tale of victimization exemplifies the central themes of Jackson's fiction, which include such ordinary yet grotesque realities as