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Tessie Hutchinson As The Victim In The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

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The theme of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is that often, people and society are not concerned with injustice until they become the victim. Tessie Hutchinson’s actions throughout the story reveal that although she is willing to participate in the violence of the lottery, when she is the sufferer of the cruelty, she no longer believes it to be acceptable.
Tessie Hutchinson’s actions throughout “The Lottery” display the change from being a participant of the stoning to being the victim. Tessie arrives at the town square last, claiming that she “‘Clean forgot what day it was,’...” (Jackson 56). She makes jokes and socializes with everyone in the square before the lottery begins, cheerful and unaffected by what she might be taking place in soon.

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