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Crystal Mccalley unregistered Posts: 1 |
posted 11-27-2004 16:29
 
I think "The Lottery" was a great story. Allthough it was a horror tale showing what happens when everybody decides to follow blindly rather than stand up and think for themselves. Nobody in this story ever stood up and said that "The Lottery" was wrong and that they should stop doing it. There was only a hint to stop it and it was a poor one. It was that of one of the townsmen telling the Mayor of the town that other towns have stopped doing "The Lottery". He never did tell the Mayor that they too should join the rest of the towns and stop "The Lottery". Shirley Jackson did a great job with her story line. The most heart-wrenching part of the story is when the little boy has to participate in the stoning of his own mother. How sad. |
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deasha howard unregistered Posts: 1 |
posted 12-03-2004 11:27
My first encounter with Mrs. Jacksons' story was when i was in the eighth grade. I remember my first time reading the story,however, i didnt pay attention to the symbolism the black box played into the story. This time around I payed attention to the details that Jackson inserted into the story. This is a great story and reveals some truth. Communal morales do affect us as individuals. We do things we donnot agree with sometimes simply because its a known tradition. |
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Liz Olson Officer Posts: 1 |
posted 12-06-2004 19:40
I had read "The Lottery" in High School as well. I found that I understood the black box better and also caught on to what the lady was talking about more. I think it is a very good story, although, kind of disturbing. |
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tinacatt unregistered Posts: 1 |
posted 12-07-2004 19:56
[ up and said that "The Lottery" was wrong and that they should stop doing it. There was only a hint to stop it and it was a poor one. It was that of one of the townsmen telling the Mayor of the town that other towns have stopped doing "The Lottery". He never did tell the Mayor that they too should join the rest of the towns and stop "The Lottery". Shirley Jackson did a great job with her story line. The most heart-wrenching part of the story is when the little boy has to participate in the stoning of his own mother. How sad. [/B][/QUOTE] |
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tinacatt unregistered Posts: 1 |
posted 12-07-2004 20:05
I think that "The Lottery" is a well written short story, full of suspense, heinous beliefs and symbolism. The black box represented death. There was a significance in the fact that this box was precariously placed "wherever" from one lottery to the next. This tells the reader that "the lottery" was not a valued tradition, merely carried out. At one point, a town's lady mentioned that it seemed "the lottery" had just recently passed; no doubt because she had a conscious mind and dreaded the event. From the onset of the story, I never had the inclination that the outcome of this event was good; perhaps the winning (or losing) family having to forfeit it's eldest child for military service, or even travel far to get supplies. I was shocked to find the end result, death by stoning. The symbolism in this story reflects so strongly to our society today; people following traditions and leaders in spite of their own beliefs and wishes just to save face. |
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Ashli unregistered Posts: 1 |
posted 12-09-2004 01:01
In first reading "The Lottery" I thought it was pointless. Why didn't the people just quit the lottery, but then after studying it further I realized the deeper meaning, and also the application that the reader needs to make to their own life. I realized all the traditions that we hold on to that are basically pointless and in essence could be hurting us for no good reason. |
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Amber unregistered Posts: 1 |
posted 12-09-2004 15:21
I read "The Lottery" last year in my English Composition. class. I found it to be a very disturbing tale. It was a story of how people were stoned every year in the name of tradition. I thought Jackson did a wonderful job of writing this story. She has a strange was of seeing and presenting the ugliness of humankind. I like how she keeps the true meaning of the lottery a secret until the end. It is a well-put-together story, but I do not think it would be a favorite of mine. |
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