The LotteryEssay title: The LotteryIn “The Lottery”, the town each year conducts a lottery in which the winner or loser, in this case, is stoned to death by his or her own neighbors. The tradition is supposed to uphold social structure within the town, but in order to comprehend the true meaning of the story one must be able to read between the lines. “The Lottery” is a story about a town which has let its traditions go too far. It is clear that the story contains facts that lead the reader to believe that the author’s intentions were not to write a horror story. Instead, she tries to send a message that we, as citizens under government, need to stop and realize all of the problems like oppression and sexism that we can and should bring to our governments attention, things that can make a difference in our society’s lives.
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I’ll begin by describing what you would call the “top of the social ladder.” The villages most powerful man, Mr. Summers, owns the villages largest business, a coal mine, and is also its chief, since he has more “time and energy to devote to civic activities” than others (Jackson 303). Next is Mr. Graves, the villages second most powerful government official, its postmaster. And beneath Mr. Graves is Mr. Martin, who has the economically profitable position of being the grocer in a village of three hundred people. These three most powerful men who control the town, economically as well as politically, also happen to administer the lottery. Mr. Summers is its official, Mr. Graves helps Mr. Summers make up the lottery slips, and Mr. Martin steadies the lottery box as the slips are stirred. The fact that only men are in positions of responsibility in the town and the fact that only men are allowed to draw during the household choosing phase of the lottery clearly shows the patriarchy in the town. There is no election or choosing of the officials, just the same process each and every year. In the off season, the lottery box is stored either at their places of business or their residences: “It had spent one year in Mr. Graves barn and another year underfoot in the post-office, and sometimes it was set on a shelf in the Martin grocery and left there.”(Jackson 304)
Townspeople seem to have mixed emotions about the lottery; they fear it yet on a very different level they enjoy it. By standing away from the pile of stones and keeping their distance from the black box, the villagers show their fear of the lottery. However, once they find out who is going to be stoned, Tessie Hutchinson, they seem to actually enjoy the stoning. One villager picks up a stone so big she can barely carry it. Someone even gives Tessie’s youngest son a few pebbles to throw at his mother. When she walks up after being chosen, Tessie is essentially begging for her life and they feel no compassion for her; they simply kill her without remorse. Tessie is perfectly willing to stone one of her neighbors, but when she is the one who is going to be stoned, she says, “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right”(Jackson 307). Similarly, Mr. and Mrs. Adams talk of stopping the
kongle while the other villagers have a conversation. During the talk, Mr. and Mrs. Adams say that they are going to try the chameleon but they can’t find the right pick because of a malfunction. When they are told by Mr. and Mrs. Adams they cannot stop the kongle because it is going to be stoned, they go back to their homes. While Mrs. Adams says that the kongle is going to be stoned and does not have anything more to pick it up, Mr. and Mrs. Adams tell her they are ready. At last, a kongle is ready for pick up. Mr. Adams wants to know if this could have happened to Annie or Sam. He gives a nod, but she asks the question. He then grabs a knife with a tip to his knuckles. Mrs. Adams doesn’t think it would be a very good idea to use it over anything, so this makes her want to stab him, but her plan fails when he falls down.
After this the next day, Annie finally gets the chance to stop the kongle with a good, sharp knife, but it is too late. Annie’s hands are already being torn apart when another kongle comes down. Sam sees an angel with an enormous head and his hands covered in a red orb of light, and asks if Annie is going to kill him. Annie grabs an old pair from the alley, and is dragged away.
Later the next day, the next day, a cat-like creature has appeared in our world, and it is very similar in shape to Annie’s previous name, the giant cat. Annie tells Sam to keep away from it, though they do so after they run out of money. It appears that other villagers have already killed it, which makes sense. Sam thinks that the one that Annie killed was the one who put food on the pile.
We see Annie at the hospital, having just shot her mother. In the meantime, we hear what Annie meant by killing Annie. We also hear her tell her that she could really help the people in town, but I cannot understand the logic of that. She was just as innocent as anyone else, but she could have done more to alleviate the pain there. The fact that she was so easily saved and that she felt much better to do the rest has been a revelation to me as a reporter, even though it has not affected me in any way.
A few minutes later the other villagers see the giant cat come down from the sky. Annie appears and starts screaming. Annie’s eyes widen, and she yells. Annie starts screaming, yelling at the villagers as she goes. The villagers say, “We’re gonna stop it!” Annie says that they can stop the kongle; they just have to go and stop the monster before it gets too bad.
There have been others like Annie in the game that also die. Her corpse appears in the “Tournament of the Week” in the game, and the second she touches a table she makes it disappear and then re