THE LOTTERY

Author Information

• Born1919,died on 1965
• Tone of writing- is dark and macabre framed with characters
• 1959- famous novel The Haunting of Hill House
• Labeled as an American Gothic writer
• Middle class family, moved to New York when she was 14

Community gathered for annual ritual of the "lottery". Each family, men, women and children show up to the town square. They take role to make sure everyone is there. Then the oldest , men of the household draws a slip of paper from a box. The family that is drawn, they then have the family each member pull a slip and see if their piece of paper has a black spot on it. The person that does, has to go forward and then every person, child, women then stone the person to death. In the story the "lottery " the piece of paper that the mother drawn had the dot on it.

THEME

• Good natured people not focusing why they are there.
• Humor of some being late and poking fun.
• Some judgement of men not there for their families.
• One women crying.........

Untitled Slide

1. Children playing and Wives are gathering
2. Men meeting and talking
3. Mr. Summers going up front
4. Women arriving late And Mr. Summers taking role
5. Tension in the group as people are called
6. Every dad has a slip in his hand
7. Mr. Hutchinson is selected
8. The mother complains about fairness
9. The family's select the papers and it is Mr. hutchinson
10. The family's stone her to death