Winning is a Nightmare in Shirley Jackson's Short Story, The Lottery

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In many peoples minds winning the lottery would be a dream come true. It's something that everyone wishes they would win; But what happens when the prize you get once you win the lottery isn't a blessing but instead a nightmare. In the short story, " The Lottery " by Shirley Jackson, it portrays a beautiful small village full of happy people in New England. By the use of symbolism and foreshadowing, Jackson uses the setting of the town, certain objects, and the characters in her story to indicate the true meaning behind "winning" the lottery.
The story starts off by describing the setting of the village, " The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day"(242), by doing so, Jackson has given the impression that it is a perfect day and fact that someone in the village was about to win the lottery was only going to make things better. This is the first use of foreshadowing, giving the reader expectations that nothing could go wrong on such a beautiful day.
Right off the bat, Jackson leaves the reader to question the reasoning of why, " Bobby ...

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