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In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, the townspeople’s conservative values conveyed through diction and behavior are inhibiting them to see through their unstable society. 

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In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, the townspeople’s conservative values conveyed through diction and behavior are inhibiting them to see through their unstable society. 

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“"It's not the way it used to be." Old Man Warner said clearly. "People ain't the way they used to be"” (Jackson, 8).

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“"Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery," Old Man Warner said as he went through the crowd. "Seventy-seventh time"” (Jackson, 6).

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"Wife draws for her husband." Mr. Summers said. "Don't you have a grown boy to do it for you, Janey?" (Jackson, 4)

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“Every year, after the lottery, Mr. Summers began talking again about a new box, but every year the subject was allowed to fade off without anything's being done” (Jackson, 3).

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“The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born” (Jackson, 3).

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“The villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between themselves and the stool” (Jackson, 3).

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"They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed” (Jackson, 2).

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"The girls stood aside, talking among themselves, looking over their shoulders at rolled in the dust or clung to the hands of their older brothers or sisters” (Jackson, 2).

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“Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example” (Jackson, 1)

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“The children assembled first, of course. School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them; they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play” (Jackson, 1).