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4.2 Stars Nicholas Monem- A town which blindly follows traditions that have lost all meaning and have just turned into a sacrificial ritual was an interesting premise, with a shocking conclusion, but had some shallow characters.

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Maya Thayer, Lillian Hall, Chloe Domingo, Jane Collette, Nicholas Monem

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The lottery has shifting tones, in the beginning the tone was calm and later turned sinister. For instance, Shirley Jackson starts off with imagery writing "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green." line 1-2 to portray a seemingly normal and ordinary town, one that her reader's might relate to. As the story progresses, tones quickly shift from ordinary to eerie and sinister as Mrs. Delacroix screams "It isn't fair, it isn't right."

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4 stars by Chloe Domingo
"A seemingly summery story gone cold-blooded! A timeless story that reflects our modern world today! Justice for Mrs. Hutchinson!

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4 stars by Lillian Hall
¨A small village decorated in a ¨Hunger Games¨ style, deciding your fate through some pieces of paper! Unfortunately, Mrs. Hutchinson, a hypocritical mom, got the short end of the stick! An enticing tale told by Shirley Jackson, which lacked solid imagery.¨

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The black box that holds the lottery papers is falling apart and splintering. The only real attachment they have to it is based on tales of the past. A box that has been passed down generation from generation and hasn't been changed. The black splintering box represents tradition and the abiding nature of the townspeople.

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Old Man Warner is traditional and unfaltering.
"Nothing but trouble in that...pack of young fools." line 34
"It's not the way it used to...people ain't the way they used to be." line 69-70
Mrs. Hutchinson is rule-abiding and hypocritical.
"Get up there Bill..." line 29
"This isn't fair.." line 79
Mrs Delacroix is two faced and rude.
"Be a good sport, Tessie" line 49
"...selected a stone so so large she had to pick it up with both hands..." line 73

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4 stars by Maya Thayer
A town that blindly follows a dated traditions that results in death via stone–stories don't get better than this! Jackson entices the reader by creating a suspenseful and eerie tale with elaborate foreshadowing and imagery.

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Unquestioning traditions can be fatal for those participating in them and can harm a society if their meaning is lost.

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4.4 Stars by Jane Collette
"Creepy village people draw names to decide who they're going to stone to death for no reason! So fun!"

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Shirley Jackson, born December 14, 1919 in San Francisco started writing from an early age. She attend Syracuse University and worked as a clerical worker. During her college career, she published fiction and non fiction in campus magazines. She regularly criticized predjucide against Jews and Blacks in her editorials. After college, she married Stanley Edgar Hyman and moved the the village of North Bennington in Vermont where she continued to write. She admitted that "The Lottery" was based off of the village of North Bennington. She won the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1961 and the Syracuse Arents Pioneer Medal for Outstanding Achievement in 1965. She died on August 8, 1965 of heart failure.