Today you will be presenting your literary terms 12 to the class. We will be by reading Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and examining the use of symbolism within the story.
Check out this analysis by Lori Voth (Revezbelle)
Analysis of "The Lottery", a Short Story by Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson's short story, "The Lottery", aroused much controversy and criticism in 1948, following its debut publication, in the New Yorker. Jackson uses irony and comedy to suggest an underlying evil, hypocrisy, and weakness of human kind.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/14390/analysis_of_the_lottery_a_short_story.html
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