This is a Literary Analysis paper on "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.
Date Submitted: 04/21/2004 08:17:36
Category: / Literature / Biographies
Length: 4 pages (1099 words)
Category: / Literature / Biographies
Length: 4 pages (1099 words)
Conflict Faced in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
I feel that Shirley Jackson uses a simple story to explain how people in our society face conflict with society and with fate. Shirley Jackson was a good and very successful writer during her time. She wrote many children's books, novels, and short stories. In this paper I am going to analyze the conflict that is faced between the protagonist and society, and the conflict that the protagonist …
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…is writing. Jackson wrote many stories during her career and this one was the best and the weirdest of all.
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