Conflict Faced in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
I feel that Shirley Jackson uses a simple story to explain how people in our society face conflict with society and with fate. Shirley Jackson was a good and very successful writer during her time. She wrote many children's books, novels, and short stories. In this paper I am going to analyze the conflict that is faced between the protagonist and society, and the conflict that the protagonist faces with fate.
Biography
"The Lottery" is a short story written by Shirley Jackson. Jackson was born on December 14, 1919 to Leslie and Geraldine Jackson (About). Two years after Shirley was born her family along with her newborn brother moved to Burlingame, California from San Francisco, about thirty miles away. As a child Shirley was interested in both sports and literature. …
