![]() On the other side of luck, there is an element of the unknown. To win the Lottery is to leave behind your life and loved ones. This brutal death by stoning was an outcome known by all of the villagers, as is evidenced by their hesitation to being the “winner.” Their hesitation and their fear shows that luck is in no way associated with a name being pulled. The death was surely painful, as “A stone hit her on the side of the head.” (Jackson, page 7). Yet, in Jackson’s story, winning the Lottery means a certain, painful death for the person whose name has been drawn, Tessie Hutchinson. Using crafty literary techniques and captivating storytelling, both Lawrence and Jackson reshape the idea of what it means to win and be lucky.īoth …show more content… To be perceived as “lucky,” you typically have had some good fortune come your way from a seemingly random or unlikely place. And while luck is often the precursor to winning something amazing, the characters in each of these short stories won “prizes” that cannot be considered as lucky. Lawrence, both authors demonstrate a situation in which winning may not be the preferred option, and making it to the winner’s circle does not involve luck. In the short stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D. But we don’t often think about the times when being the winner at something comes with a more unsavory prize. Show More We often associate winning with some amount of luck being had by said winner. ![]()
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