The Lottery a short story published by Shirley Jackson in 1948 in The New Yorker magazine. The Lottery takes place in a small town or village of 300. On June 27th is when The Lottery takes place, on a warm sunny day when the grass is a rich green color and flowers are blooming. In the town square by the bank and the post office where people gather for The Lottery. Kids are collecting rocks while people wait impatiently for Graves and Summers to set up The Lottery. While waiting some people were stating that other towns had given up on The Lottery. Old man Warner said”lottery in June, crops be heavy soon”. When the people in The Lottery draw the cards the person with the black dot is the winner. The Hutchinsons won. Bill Hutchison drew the card
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To begin with, both had the families draw alphabetical order. They called each family by their last name. Next Davie helped stone Tessie. Davie was given a rock to throw at Tessie. Also Mr. Graves and his son, Baxter helped Mr. summers with the black box. Mr. Graves and Baxter held the black box as Mr. Summers stirred the papers.
There were many differences between the short story and the movie The Lottery. To start in the story Tessie was stoned in different spots. In the story she was stoned in a spot with tall grass. In the movie she was against a shed. Next in the story Davie was given pebbles. In the movie the was given a rock the biggest rock. Lastly there was no mention of the Summers coal mine in the movie. In the story, Mr.Summers mentioned his coal mine and said”let’s get this done so we can get back to work”.
To conclude, there were many similarities and differences between the short story and the movie The Lottery. The story was more effective own showing the theme. The short story gave more detail and put an image in the reader’s head that was good and when the viewer watched the movie it wasn’t what they expected. You should think about reading the short story because it puts a good image in your
To begin with, both had the families draw alphabetical order. They called each family by their last name. Next Davie helped stone Tessie. Davie was given a rock to throw at Tessie. Also Mr. Graves and his son, Baxter helped Mr. summers with the black box. Mr. Graves and Baxter held the black box as Mr. Summers stirred the papers.
There were many differences between the short story and the movie The Lottery. To start in the story Tessie was stoned in different spots. In the story she was stoned in a spot with tall grass. In the movie she was against a shed. Next in the story Davie was given pebbles. In the movie the was given a rock the biggest rock. Lastly there was no mention of the Summers coal mine in the movie. In the story, Mr.Summers mentioned his coal mine and said”let’s get this done so we can get back to work”.
To conclude, there were many similarities and differences between the short story and the movie The Lottery. The story was more effective own showing the theme. The short story gave more detail and put an image in the reader’s head that was good and when the viewer watched the movie it wasn’t what they expected. You should think about reading the short story because it puts a good image in your