![]() ![]() She also provides details about the town, including how may people live there and how long the lottery takes (Jackson 1). She describes the scene exactly, showing that there are flowers blossoming and rich green grass growing and how the town square, where everyone is gathered, is between the bank and the post office. ![]() She tells us the date, June 27th, the time, around 10:00 a. ![]() She does not give a name to the town, nor the time of year it takes place, but what found very id was that she gives specific details about the exact day of the lottery. The setting of Jackson’s story is a very deceptive one, and makes us, as readers, wonder where and when this story takes place. With her ingenious use of setting, characters, themes, she creates a suspenseful and exciting tale that left me in awe when finally put it down. We soon find out, however, that unlike most lotteries, this is not a lottery that one hopes to win. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a story of a town whose citizens are required to participate in an annual “lottery”. Essay #4: The Lottery Elements of FictionĮssay #1: The Lottery Characters and Theme.Essay #1: The Lottery Characters and Theme. ![]() Thesis Statement: Shirley Jackson’s “Lottery” is a classic American horror story, very close to the direction of American Gothic. ![]()
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![]() When Perilous "Perry" Graves encounters the city's famed undead pianist Doctor Professor, he knows something's wrong. Magic and music here "one and the same" bring to life a vibrant alternate New Orleans in Jennings's stunning urban fantasy debut. But a storm is brewing, and the Haint of All Haints is awake. Unwilling to watch his home be destroyed, Perry will sacrifice everything to save it. Nine songs of power have escaped from the piano that maintains the city’s beat, and without them, Nola will fail. So when the city’s Great Magician starts appearing in odd places and essential songs are forgotten, Perry knows trouble is afoot. ![]() Perry knows Nola’s rhythm as intimately as his own heartbeat. To those from Away, Nola might seem strange. A place of sky trolleys and dead cabs, where haints dance the night away and Wise Women help keep the order. 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