Essays on Lottery

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson: A Haunting Narrative on Conflict and Human Depravity The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a narrative that contains haunting details on conflict, and human depravity. People in society, always exhibit callous traditions that people do not challenge and adapt freely. Shirley through a shocking setting and...

Why Do People Play the Lottery? Adam Piore talks about an interesting topic on why people play the lottery. He begins his writing with a case study of an 84-year old widow from Florida to win 590 million dollars. The scenario compelled Professor Robert Williams to give crucial reasons as for...

The two stories, ‘Rocking-Horse Winner’ and ‘The Lottery’ both uses themes, symbols, and the underlying moral lanes to illustrate how greediness is depicted in today’s families effectively. Nevertheless, the setting of the two short stories and their main themes seem to be unequivocally different as portrayed in the stories. Similarities                  The...

The Lottery is a story that shows the human capacity for violence particularly when the violence is due to appeal for tradition. The lottery further shows details of a contemporary town in America where life is embroidered with description of a ritual. (The lottery). It is done to ensure that...

The Purpose of the Lottery The purpose of the lottery has been subject to increasing debate over the years, more so in relation to its significance and importance to humans in modern times. The lottery has been structured in a way that it targets middle class to low-income earners who are...

It is common to find that in literature, scholars present their views about prominent books and other works of interest. One such book that has attracted massive attention in the field of literature and has become a subject of high school and college literature studies is the Lottery that describes...

Traditions are a people’s way of life. However, traditions pose a incredible danger to people if followed blindly except question by newer generations. The Lottery of Shirley Jackson is a testament to the bad unquestioned traditions which are heinous to the society and destroys its moral fabric. The Lottery is...

To increase your odds of winning, you can change the number of balls used to determine the jackpot size. Some states have increased the number of balls while others have decreased them. Too many balls in a lottery means that many people will win the jackpot, driving ticket sales down....