The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

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March 16, 2009 at 5:45 am #590093

c@lbob
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It brings WSB Forums to my mind:

http://www.americanliterature.com/Jackson/SS/TheLottery.html

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March 16, 2009 at 4:30 pm #660542

flowerpetal
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It doesn’t bring the forum to mind at all for me.

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March 16, 2009 at 7:57 pm #660543

FullTilt
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I also do not get the connection…are we randomly selecting people for the slaughter here? I thought it was decided by their words…

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March 16, 2009 at 9:48 pm #660544

datamuse
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What, didn’t you have to draw a paper from a box when you logged in?

…yeah, I don’t get it either.

(The forum does kind of remind me of Usenet, back when Usenet was worth bothering with. That’s both a compliment and a criticism.)

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March 16, 2009 at 11:50 pm #660545

JoB
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catlbob..

i like you a lot and i hate that story…

there is no ritual sacrifice here…

we get to throw stones back…

but i can see the reference to blood sports and pack mentality…

which seem to be the way some people play at differences of opinion…

even then.. we don’t all go along when it happens…

but thanks for making me think.. i think.

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March 16, 2009 at 11:52 pm #660546

flowerpetal
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I was in a high school one-act play based on this story. It was horrible then too (and that was many many years ago).

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March 17, 2009 at 5:22 pm #660547

HMC Rich
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I read THE LOTTERY in a college English Lit class. I preferred THE RUINED MAID.

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March 17, 2009 at 5:33 pm #660548

flowerpetal
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Tell us more. I couldn’t find it online at the SPL.

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