“Lottery”

By Justin Ehrenpreis

Author

Shirley Jackson

Setting

Summer of June 27th

Unknown town

Small village

Characters

Mr. Summers, Mr. Graves, Mrs. Dunbar, Old Man Warner, Hutchinson family

Plot

Winner- stoned to death by tradition

Themes

“Question Tradition”

“Just because your friends are doing it, doesn’t mean you should do it”

Literary Devices

Symbol- old black box (shows customs)

Foreshadowing- boys gathering stones

Irony- setting peaceful, summer day