"The Lottery" Story Explication

1. In "The Lottery" the author's presents the style of the story to be rather submissive. Jackson describes the villagers as being very obedient because they are too afraid of changing the law of that village. Instead of saving lives the village decides that they will not break the tradition of stoning a fellow villager. 2. An example of the style that Jackson uses in this story is "...but no one liked to upset even as much …showed first 75 words of 600 total…

…showed last 75 words of 600 total…to or not. 9. The lottery is a very important symbol. It symbolizes that it is God and it determines everyone's fate. The piece of paper represents each person. The drawer and the box represent God. 10. The theme of the story is that no one has the right to decide how he or she is going to die. Everyone must die eventually and no one can play God. Life's not something to waste, it's very precious.