The Lottery by Shirly Jackson Summary & Activities

PLOT SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERS, THEMES, SYMBOLS AND MOTIFS IN SHIRLEY JACKSON'S “THE LOTTERY” Shirley Jackson was born in 1916 in San Francisco,

Stories have competing themes and one often wins out in the end Jackson's classic story, The Lottery is a good example of this See the Preview for how

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the fairplayio Shirley Jackson was an American author of primarily short stories, “The Lottery” being the best known, with themes including evil and human nature