The Lottery and Human Behavior

"Lottery" is a story showing the complexity and ability of human behavior. It is usual to do unethical things, like killing one person a year. Teacher Hatinson of the hero is the victim of the lottery. Tessie is a character with seemingly good characteristics, but her surrounding culture refuses these functions. Compared to Tessy, most people in the village have opposite attitudes and beliefs. These attitudes and beliefs reflect her personal desire, which quickly fights cultural expectations.

The author of the book "The Lottery" wrote the story "showing meaningless violence and universal inhumane behavior in my life" to shock the reader of the story (Jackson 211). This story reflects human behavior in society to show how rules, laws or traditions are pointless but people follow them. - Imagine; at 9 a.m., the sun is out even though children are playing, but by the end of the day someone will find the winner of the lottery. However, most people are not used to this lottery. In 1988, the writer Judy Oppenheimer interviewed Shirley Jackson, the author of the lottery.

Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" was held in a small village during the annual lottery event. The story is developed mainly by Mrs Hutchinson 's behavior and reaction. The key to the lottery to the village is tradition. Black box tradition, folded paper, and the oldest man in the village, Old Man Warner says people are different. In this statement, the symbolic meaning of the lottery is revealed as a somewhat dying or changing tradition. The symbol of "lottery" is developing around this traditional theme. In the Black Box concept and this year 's event, readers may see a landscape similar to the idea that transcends concepts and may be considered a more civilized social approach.