The Lottery Perspective Analysis
Perspective causes people to see things from a new light. In The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, perspective hides the reality of the brutal murder that the town commits annually. Mr. Summers, the man who runs the lottery, is blinded by the thought that his ancestors did the lottery too. She projects how the people of the town don’t care about what the lottery is doing to them. The refusal of the townspeople to abandon tradition and question the lottery ritual suggests the negative consequences of blindly following tradition due to perspective.
For instance, Tessie Hutchinson, a character in the story was supporting the crowd and followed the tradition blindly until she got picked and found out the negative consequences of the lottery. In the
For instance, Tessie Hutchinson, a character in the story was supporting the crowd and followed the tradition blindly until she got picked and found out the negative consequences of the lottery. In the