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Shirley Jackson totally disagrees with “The Lottery” story. She expresses it in the way the community behave - unexpected violence act. During the lottery, they act pleasantly, “they stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed.”(Jackson, 1948, pg. 194) In addition, they never concern about the ‘winner’ fate after the two hours lottery. Besides that, the two hours period indicate how easy they make decision to take one lives and then continue their daily live without feel miserable with their selfish and violence act. As Mr. Summers said, “guess we better get started, get this over with, so’s we can go back to work.”(Jackson, 1948, pg. 195) Then Shirley indicate how impatient they are with their violence act by using repetition; Mrs. Delacroix said, “come on” and “hurry up”, and Mr. Summers said, “let’s finish quickly”, and then Old Man Warner said, “ come on, come on, everyone.”(Jackson, 1948, pg. 198) The act of stoning at the end of the story is also the best way to describe her disagree attitude. During the stoning all generation of people are involved including children and people who know Tessie Hutchinson. Most of them follow the 77-year tradition blindly without hesitation. The more violence act is the use of smooth and round stone which will increase the time and pain of death. The indication of negative behavior because of the lottery has expressed Shirley attitude of disagree toward the lottery and stoning in the story.
Shirley attitude in The Lottery are clearly show in the act of Tessie Hutchinson. She is reluctantly involved in the lottery and emphasizes the unfairness of the lottery. Shirley attitude is likely influenced by the reality of American community in the late 1940 as I discuss earlier. Like in the story, real life is also unfair and unexpected. She indicates it repeatedly as Mrs. Hutchinson said, “I tell you it wasn’t fair,” (Jackson, 1948, pg. 197)...