The Lottery

In the story “The Lottery” the author uses foreshadowing early in the story when the children create a pile of rocks and fill their pockets full of stones; this foreshadows the stories conclusion. Another form of foreshadowing in the story is when Tessie Hutchinson is the one who draws the slip of paper with the black dot on it. The first sign of foreshadowing in the story was when Mrs. Hutchinson forgot all about the lottery and she had to hurry just to make it to the lottery on time. The author also uses foreshadowing by how Mrs. Hutchinson keeps on saying her husband didn’t have enough time to draw the paper and when Mrs. Hutchinson keeps saying this wasn’t fair. “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted.”(Pg.447) When Mrs. Hutchinson kept on mumbling under her breath that this wasn’t fair and was saying they should re-do the lottery it led me to believe that Mrs. Hutchinson was going to be the person who was going to be winning the lottery. “I Think we ought to start over, I tell you it wasn’t fair. You didn’t give him time to choose. Everybody saw that.”(Pg.448) “The Lottery” uses foreshadowing to its advantage from the beginning of the story until the conclusion.