The family moved to north bennington a tiny rural

teaching at Bennington College in Vermont. The family moved to North Bennington, a tiny, rural
town that later became the setting for "The Lottery." While Stanley taught, Jackson wrote. She
penned a few offbeat stories for The New Yorker , but mostly she produced mainstream pieces for
women's periodicals such as Good Housekeeping and Ladies' Home Journal . After several years
of living in Vermont, Jackson had another child and was carrying a third. From a distance, her
life seemed tranquil and wholesome. But something darker was brewing inside.
On a sunny June day in 1948, while taking a long walk, that darkness emerged. Several months
pregnant and pushing a baby carriage loaded with groceries, Jackson found the trip more difficult

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than she'd anticipated. The entire time, she couldn't stop thinking about the book her husband had
shown her on ancient rites of human sacrifice (Google Bio’s 2008: Shirley Jackson). I think it can
be said that Shirley took elements of wanting to see growth in a nation and growth in her
personal life as a morale for her story.
In conclusion I think the story of “The Lottery” can be a lesson of growth depending on the
morals we pertain as people. In society we still have view of how to portray men and women.
Nonetheless, we have grown since the works of the short story entitled “The Lottery”.

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