“The Lottery”: An analysis

“The Lottery” is a story which has a twist in it. As you read the story you are not really sure what exactly the Lottery is. It is very vague and the term is used loosely. It is somewhat misleading you to think that the Lottery is something good. The author uses Tess to give foreshadowing. By Tess’s behavior and words you know that she is nervous. Tess is the protagonist in this story. The author leaves us believing that Tess gets killed by the townspeople. The Lottery is a tradition in their town and has been for many years; ever since it was first made. The people know what has to go on and they do it once a year. Mostly everyone is for it or at least okay with it. That is until the Hutchinson’s got the slip of paper with the dot on it. Tess immediately started freaking out; knowing what was about to happen to her or one of her family members.
This is where Tess has a change of heart. In many stories the protagonist has a change of......

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Title: The Lottery
Approximate Word Count: 448
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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