A Rose for Emily, A Worn Path, and The Lottery - 1175 Words

â€Å"A Rose for Emily,† â€Å"A Worn Path,† and â€Å"The Lottery† by William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, and Shirley Jackson all have similar writing styles in their literature. In these three short stories the authors all use contrasting nature within their literature to predict the outcome and to learn for the upcoming events in the readings. The authors take subliminal phrases and subliminal symbolic text to have the reader become more attached and understand more of what the characters, setting and theme of the story has to offer. Using these three stories the reader of this essay will understand and grasp the symbolic meanings in text of each these short stories. â€Å"The Lottery† by Shirley Jackson has many subliminal symbolic meanings to its text. The author uses the title, the date of the lottery, the location, the box, the three-legged stool, and even character’s names to make the reader dig into the story to understand the full meaning. The title â€Å"The Lottery† is significant because the one who is chosen for â€Å"the lottery† doesn’t win a prize, but has to sacrifice their life for their community’s tradition. Which immediately begins the subliminal symbolic meanings because the title is the complete opposite of what happens within the story this is subliminally expressing a double theme. Which the title meaning one thing and what the plot of the story is completely opposite and is showing us the doubleness of the human spirit. The date, June twenty-seventh, is playing a role in the