The Lottery Questions on Vague Location
The Lottery
The significance of omitting the village's name, location, and year in "The Lottery."
Omitting the village's name, location, and year in "The Lottery" creates a sense of universality, suggesting that the story's themes and events could happen anywhere and at any time. This anonymity...
The Lottery
Can you link the lottery ritual to another literary text or film?
The ritual in "The Lottery" can be linked to Ursula Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games. Both Le Guin's and Jackson's stories involve sacrificing an...