Shirley Jackson: Themes & Symbols in The Lottery and Other Works

Book review: 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson - plot of the lottery I'll start with Wikipedia's succinct synopsis: it is about 'a fictional small town which observes an annual rite known as “the lottery”, in plot slot The villagers gather in the town square for the annual lottery drawing Children are playing, making piles of stones, while the women gossip and

plot of the lottery Much anthologized, the story is a powerful allegory of barbarism and social sacrifice