“The Lottery”

Bobby and Harry Jones and Dickie Delacroix – the villagers pronounced this name Dellacroy

In her short story “The Lottery,” author Shirley Jackson uses several objects such as the lottery itself, the black box, stones and character names to

the wisconsin lottery The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o'clock; in some towns there were so many people that

theme of the lottery shirley jackson When he arrived in the square, carrying the black wooden box, there was a murmur of conversation among the villagers, and he waved and called,