#so maybe jim harris is treated more like a stock character in the book rather than literally being the same guy

[terpia]

I'm so mad. I just got to the end of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery and Other Stories' and I didn't realise until the second to last story that the name 'Harris' isn't just a recurring name by accident, but that 'Jim Harris' was in fact the central, titular character of the second short story in the collection ('The Daemon Lover') and that all the other Jim Harrises in the book are probably thematically connected to him (or maybe even the same character??). All the symbolism I misseeeeeeed

#personal #whining #i'm so miffed #i even distinctly remember thinking halfway through the book #'ha the name harris seems to come up a lot maybe 'harris' is to jackson what the name 'michael' is to jonny sims :)' #uugh #after googling it 'the daemon lover' (+ jim harris in it) appears to be a very old ballad/legend #so maybe jim harris is treated more like a stock character in the book rather than literally being the same guy #(except for the one instance where he was the same guy) #but i cannot be sure because i wasn't paying attention to any of his appearances until the end >:(( #shirley jackson #the lottery and other stories