The use of facial gestures, body movements, and voices added a life to Shirley Jackson’s story that did not speak falsely of the work, but made the overall situation more true to life. For example, in Jackson’s version of the story she presents Tessie, a wife and seemingly very pleasant woman. “I almost forgot what day it was” (Jackson 461). As the reader it is unclear as to Tessie’s indications of her comment. One could assume that the character is being sincere in her speaking, but just the same the reader can be lead to assume that Tessie was merely joking around and

ckson 461). Once again though these were not the words used in the narration of the story as told by Shirley Jackson, but was visually birthed onto the screen. When reading the story many people were outraged at the so-called tradition, and its barbaric practices, but someone watching the movie may interpret that scene as a holding onto of a part of a culture.

Tessie’s character change is very important to the story because it shows her true feeling towards the lottery, and how she feels about winning. When it is decided that Tessie was going to take her position in the traditions withheld in their town, she became quite outraged as very accurately depicted in the film. Tessie’s hand tightly seized to the square piece of paper that would surely hold her grim fate waiting in its center in the form of a black dot. Her face became crestfallen and she seemed to search for some reasoning as to the turn or recent events. Those are not the words of Shirley Jackson, but rather a fairly accurate description of Tessie as viewed on screen. The literature could not place a mental picture of that magnitude, by just reading it, however, the film version gives a giant glass window into the tone of the scene.

Psychologically speaking what Tessie was experiencing were the three stages of death being Denial, followed by Anger, and then finally Acceptance; granted no human being could accept the fate of being stoned to their death by various sized stones. Tessie’s anger and outright selfishness went so far as for her to offer her daughter’s life to be accounted for as well. When Mr. Summers is asked if there is anyone else in his family that should be considered for the drawing, Tessie cries out, “_______________________ _______________________” (Jackson 461, Movie).

Had this much feeling and emotion been identified when Tessie says, “I almost forgot what day it was,” reading the literature version of the story, one would understand just how important that scene was in the development of Tessie’s character from the beginning of the story to the end.

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