“The Lottery”

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

Published in the New Yorker in 1948 and collected in The Lottery and Other Stories, the story is about a village where an annual lottery is drawn However, the

the sambhal news Document Summary Study guide for 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson, covering key questions on setting, characters' attitude, symbolism, gender roles, rules

the deltin daman The events in the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson take place in a fictional society which organises a yearly lottery that ends with the stoning