Summers as the main character in this short story. Thus, this study analyzed the main character of a literary work “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (1948) using transitivity system of Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) approach. Types of process are essential in the building characters or characterization. The controversial character in the Lottery which evokes social culture issue is analyzed by investigating the process types related to the character. The story exposed one of the darkest dualities of human nature in ‘the lottery’ carried out by the society in the story. The theme brought triggers controversy to contemporary critics. The Lottery is one of the most famous American canonicals written by Shirley Jackson (1948) which is sensational.
Building character, Short story, Transitivity system.
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