... 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. ... "_______________________ _______________________" (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 char...

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... takes place in, the behavior that the villagers have towards the tradition, and in some ways it is expressed verbally in various situations. From the first sentence on, it is described that the setting of The Lottery takes place in what is thought to be a pleasant day filled with traditions and celebration. The surroundings ... day and the villagers could be less then interested to be there any longer then they have to be. In the same way, Mr. Summers says, "Little late today, folks" (Jackson, Pg.1). Implying it is not an event seen as formal, that it is just another thing that the villag...

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• Grade Level: High School

... New Yorker, 1948, p. 5) The fact is that people already forgot the original purpose of this ritual but in spite of that they still keep on practising it. These townspeople, including Old Man Warner, believe that if they quit the lottery, something bad will happen. From this point of view, the ... Summers has a different attitude to this tradition than Old Man Warner but on the other side and in a certain way their opinions about the lottery are much more similar than a reader can realise after the first reading of the story. Warner deeply sticks to this ritual, he is strongly convinced ...

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• Grade Level: High School