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core.ac.uk core.ac.ukThe Lottery10
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Come on, come on, everyone
I don't understand why this man is so into this event. It's terrible.
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both beamed and laughed
I can't believe that they are laughing when someone in their family is going to die a brutal death. It's disgusting.
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Who’s got it?,”“Is it the Dunbars?,”“Is it the Watsons?
If I were in that situation I would show no one my paper and just act like I was confused about who it was. I would not give myself up and allow people to murder me. If they did find out, I would run until I couldn't anymore, not caring where I would wind up.
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“that over in the north village they’re talking of giving up the lottery.
The first time I read this I missed this part and it's interesting how much the story changed by finding out that other villages do the lottery as well. It almost makes it seem less inhumane in a sense that they're not the only ones taking part in this activity. It also shows that they may have lost the tradition for it because it didn't happen in their village.
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Wettingtheir lips. Notlooking around
It seems like the reality was finally sinking in and everyone was starting to get nervous. This is a very serious event so it's only appropriate that they stopped cracking jokes by now.
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“Horace’s not but sixteen vet.”Mrs. Dunbar said regretfully. “Guess I gotta fill in for theold man this year.”
This makes me assume that if the husband is unable to draw for his family, the oldest boy will if he's 16 or older. It shows that they do have some sense of mortality by not letting young boys do it. If they chose for someone else in their family and they wound up getting picked, I'm sure that would be really hard to move on from.
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There had been, also, a ritual salute, which the official of the lottery had had to use in addressing each person who came up to draw from the box, but this also had changed with time, until now it was felt necessary only for the official to speak to each person
This part of the story reminds me of "The Hunger Games" a lot. I bet that they created that movie based off of this story. It's interesting how two stories can be so similar and so opposite at the same time.
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The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use
I wonder if they do it because the tradition is so important to them or if they actually enjoy it because it seems like they don't even know why they do it and all of them are happy on this day but I can't image that being the case
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as were the square dances, the teen club, and the Halloween progra
it's disgusting how the lottery is conducted and compared to these fun dances. It's like they're excited that someone they love is about to be brutally murdered.
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Soon the men began to gather. Surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes.
The first time I read this I thought about how casual and worry free this event was but now rereading it it's worrisome how they were all acting like it was a normal day and not stressed that someone in their families, or themselves could be getting stoned to death.
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human.libretexts.org human.libretexts.org
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In terms of popular magazines, they do not fit the definition of literature as "lasting" in the sense that they usually fade from relevancy quickly after publication. Additionally, the authors of such magazines are striving for quick entertainment rather than leaving a meaningful impression on the reader. They tend not to use literary devices, such as metaphor, in a masterful way. On the other end, Shakespeare's Hamlet definitely fits the definition of "lasting," in that it has survived hundreds of years.
This is a great tool to use to see if something is literature or not. If you look at the scale, in the middle is the Twilight Saga. That is something that our generation will remember for awhile because of how popular the book and movies were, but when it comes to future generations learning about it, that's highly unlikely. Meanwhile Hamlet was published in 1603 and we still all read it in high school in 2021.
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