Thesis statement for position paper approved

Finally, my thesis statement had been approved..it was a big releaf to me as I can now procede with my position paper.

My thesis statement for this position paper is "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is a criticism towards the society pretentious behaviour. In this position paper I'm going to look at how Shiley Jackson used the characters in the story to reveal the pretentious behaviour of the society.

If we were to look at the background of the story, we can see that this story was written shortly after world war 2. At this time, the americans perceive themselves as 'good boy' who protect the world against any foreign evil. Therefore, this story had evoke protest during the time, because the people cannot accept the fact that face of evil can look like their next door neighbour. That is so shocking right? When I come across this background of this story, I notice that there must be some messages in the text that Shirley tried to convey. After several time reading the text, I notice that the characters in the story are playing an ironic role. Therefore, I have decided to uncover the message that Shirley tried to convey through close examination of the charcters in the story.