Suspense is built up because Shirley Jackson holds back a lot of the explanation and truth behind this story. When the men are about to open their slips of paper and everyone is frightened and worried who will have it “… Mr. Summers holding his slip of paper in the air said “alright, fellows…” (Shirley Jackson) At this time everyone is waiting to see who is the one with the black dot and no one moved. Nobody knew who had it until Tessie began to make a scene about her husband having it. In this particular moment it is apparent that the story is not at all what it is expected to be. Tessie is expected to be happy and cheering knowing that her husband had just won the lottery, except for in this twisted idea of a lottery. Secondly, as they are doing their re-draw for a new winner of the lottery people in the crowds kept hoping that it was not the young children “A girl whispered, “I hope it’s not Nancy” at this point it has become obvious that the lottery is not a good thing and people were not getting big amounts of money, the lottery turns out to be the person that has the black dot on their slip of paper is the one that gets stoned to death. That is why they were hoping that Nancy would not be the one to be stoned or the other kids, they still had a life to live, or until the next lottery; next year. Therefore this suspenseful story is a story that should be read by all grade
Suspense is built up because Shirley Jackson holds back a lot of the explanation and truth behind this story. When the men are about to open their slips of paper and everyone is frightened and worried who will have it “… Mr. Summers holding his slip of paper in the air said “alright, fellows…” (Shirley Jackson) At this time everyone is waiting to see who is the one with the black dot and no one moved. Nobody knew who had it until Tessie began to make a scene about her husband having it. In this particular moment it is apparent that the story is not at all what it is expected to be. Tessie is expected to be happy and cheering knowing that her husband had just won the lottery, except for in this twisted idea of a lottery. Secondly, as they are doing their re-draw for a new winner of the lottery people in the crowds kept hoping that it was not the young children “A girl whispered, “I hope it’s not Nancy” at this point it has become obvious that the lottery is not a good thing and people were not getting big amounts of money, the lottery turns out to be the person that has the black dot on their slip of paper is the one that gets stoned to death. That is why they were hoping that Nancy would not be the one to be stoned or the other kids, they still had a life to live, or until the next lottery; next year. Therefore this suspenseful story is a story that should be read by all grade