Parody In Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

The morning of May 1st was a beautiful and clear sunny day. The dogs were being let outside in the freshly grown green grass and the cat doors to the outside area were opened. The cats ventured out to their fenced in outdoor area, lazily spreading themselves out in the morning light to sun bathe. The veterinarians were beginning to gather – there were three of them at this shelter – punching in for their shifts and the veterinary technicians were already starting on exams of dogs yet to be admitted into the animal shelter. There were only about ten of them waiting in the spacious quarantine kennels so the morning check-ins only took about an hour, so the technicians could begin at 11 o’clock in the morning and be finished in enough time to

I used the same point of view, character development with Miss Doe, supernatural element, plot, foreshadowing and irony to bring my parody together. I wanted to make sure that the point of view was seemingly all knowing so that the reader can get a good idea of what each character was seeing and doing, but not know what was going to happen. Foreshadowing is very subtle in “The Lottery” and I am hoping I achieved that in mine as well so the ending was not ruined. Irony plays a fair part in the original story also and I want to come up with a title that will have the same ironic sound to it as “The Lottery” does. The theme is the most important part as I wanted there to be a strong ending message in my story like there was in

It handles a sensitive topic that many people may not think about day to day, just like people may not think about all of the homeless animals that are getting euthanized every day because people are not responsible pet owners. I believe it compliments it, without criticizing it too much. I do not go against Jackson’s original idea, I stick with wanting to get a message out which I believe it what her story was intended to do. It follows a similar structure that does not challenge it, but rather collaborates it and compliments it on the story’s creative way to portray and important