1. Awful Ending
Shirley Jackson approaches the readers by a peaceful setting to a shock ending, where the winner's prize of the "lottery" is death by stoning. ... Despite this peaceful setting, Jackson's lottery ends up with a very awful and terrible shock, which the winner is death by stoning. ... One of the most obvious hints is the stone. At the very beginning of the story, Shirley Jackson mentions, "Bobby Martin had already stuffed hi pockets full of stones, and other boys soon followed his example [ ] eventually made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square"(255). At first view, reade...
- Word Count: 643
- Approx Pages: 3
- Grade Level: High School