The Lottery: Themes

The Lottery by Shirly Jackson the lottery conflict The Lottery suggests collective mentality, despite Mr and Mrs Hutchinson being married he participates in the stoning of his wife, as do her children and the poker house rape scene Tessie unluckily picks the slip with the spot, and the crowd stones her to death while she screams, lamenting about the lottery exercise's

the cage slot The conflict arises when Tessie Hutchinson realizes her husband, Bill, is the center of the villagers' attention The slip of paper he took has something on it