Plot. Georgie Burgess, seven and a half years old, lives in Tampa Florida. He lives with domestic abuse but harbors it secret.

All of Lottery Rose can be seen as a story of forgiveness. A couple of characters use the novel as a journey. They grow into more responsible, caring people that eventually learn to forgive and love again. Georgie is the most obvious person that needs to work on his ability to forgive.

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After the funeral, there is a small service for Robin at Mrs. Harper’s house. Once everyone leaves, Georgie runs to the garden and digs out his rosebush. He then lugs the rosebush over to Robin’s grave site.

An author’s purpose in writing a story is generally expressed in the theme. In this case, Shirley Jackson wrote “The Lottery” in order to express the theme of mindless adherence to tradition.

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Old Eddie is Mrs. Harper’s gardener. At first, Old Eddie is not excited to work with Georgie, but when Georgie proves he has a love of gardening, Old Eddie warms up to him as much as Old Eddie can. Georgie begins to take on Old Eddie’s mannerisms.

Georgie when over to Mrs. Harper’s garden to visit the rosebush. What was Amanda’s job and why did the boys nickname her “Coca-Cola Amanda”? She was Robin’s nurse and she drank cokes all day.

Young adult fiction

Irene Hunt

“The Lottery” is a short story by Shirley Jackson that depicts a small town’s annual lottery. A black box full of paper slips is brought to the town square. The town’s residents gather in the town square, and each draws a piece of paper. Bill Hutchison, the head of his household, draws a paper with a black dot on it.

Tessie thinks the lottery is unfair because she won. If someone else won, she would not have complained at all. She is excited about the lottery and fully willing to participate every year, but when her family’s name is drawn, she protests that the lottery isn’t fair.

Ultimately, Tessie is a hypocrite as she would gladly take part in the ritual stoning to death but will attempt anything to get out of it when she is selected.