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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Coggle Diagram
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Themes
Traditional and conservative values and community
Sexism (men draw for the household, then sons older than 16, then wives).
The harm that can bring
Reluctance and avoidance to change
Peace / violence (situational irony)
Dystopian - conformity
Family roles
Human nature
Characters
Mr. Summers (in charge of the lottery and many other events)
Old Man Warner (wants to keep the lottery going)
Dumbars
Janey Dunbar (Woman who draws for her family because her husband has a broken leg and her eldest son is younger than 16)
Clyde Dumbar (broken leg)
Horace Dumbar (runs to tell his father who won)
Hutchinsons
Tessie (mother)
Bill (father)
Davy (young son)
Eva (married daughter)
Graves
Harry (assistant)
Mrs. Graves (reminds Tessie that they all took the same chance)
Dickie Delacroix (one of the main boys who collects stones at the start)
Bobby Martins (fills his pockets with stones)
Conflict
PV society
Tessie Hutchinson vs her community, how she tries to convince them not to stone her
Point of view
Literary devices
Situational irony
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Black box
Death, tradition, following tradition for no reason
Rocks
Violence that people are fine with inflicting
Verbal irony (the lottery)