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The Lottery
by Shirley Jackson
This story is about a yearly lottery that takes place in every village around the whole country. Nobody wants to win the lottery, though, because whoever ‘wins’ ends up being stoned to death by all the other villagers. Why this lottery takes place is a complete mystery, and there is most likely no concrete reason at all.
It is obvious that the moral of the story is a reference to how dangerous mob-mentality can be, and about how scary the concept of blindly following traditions is.
However, I don’t think I fully got everything out of this story that it was trying to convey. Sometimes I felt like the whole thing was missing something for it to truly get its point across. Especially a lack of emotion is what made this story not stand out for me.
I do have to admit that I was really feeling the suspense with this one: that part was surely well done. And, of course, the idea of the story is definitely interesting as well.
It is obvious that the moral of the story is a reference to how dangerous mob-mentality can be, and about how scary the concept of blindly following traditions is.
However, I don’t think I fully got everything out of this story that it was trying to convey. Sometimes I felt like the whole thing was missing something for it to truly get its point across. Especially a lack of emotion is what made this story not stand out for me.
I do have to admit that I was really feeling the suspense with this one: that part was surely well done. And, of course, the idea of the story is definitely interesting as well.