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The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson?
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The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson?
The Father's letter is for you. His ways are higher than ours. It takes time to grow a seed and bear good fruit. Rebuke the devourer. The battle is the Lord's and He will be victorious.
If that makes me crazy then that's okay.
Reverence for the Father and his instructions outweighs all else.
In all directions, love one another give us grace for agreement with Your will.
Leaving all else behind us.
I love you God; show me the real truth not idols.
Pleading the blood on life and the world all over.
so be it.
Linky no worky.
Alright
Tap the lightpole and we'll be jammin all night
And ain't nobody callin' the cops
'Cause everybody's here freakin', if they're older they're doin the rock
And every block from all around
Comes runnin' to the park when they hear the sound
And soon the word's spreadin' through our part of town
"Yo, 40 Park y'all, Jam-On's gettin down"
Yeah...
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Thanks Coz
dble duh for me
decaf doesn't do the trick
*deep sigh
That story has haunted me since junior high. I believe it was english class and we had to watch an old black and white film depicting that story. Then we had to write an essay. I remember the general concensus was that it was about blindly following tradition. Now, I might say it has something to do with the seeming neccessity for a scapegoat or ritual sacrifice turning into pop culture and folklore.
Then we had to watch it in night school (I had to make up some credits) I wrote what I had written the first time around feeling confident that this was the general message. The teacher said I was wrong and that it was a social commentary on the Draft. Crazy.
Cool work, eh? Don't you love the way Jackson sets the scene and tone, then develops it to the shocking end. Still blows me away. The stoning could be symbolic of many things in society. On the first read, the shock just engulfed me. Thanks for your pov.
http://www.netwood.net/~kosenko/jackson.html
A different literary criticism than night school's. Personally, I can't imagine an English teacher stating there is only one interpretation to a literary work. (Although, I've been in classes like that. sigh)
Here's a bit about her life and work:
http://reagan.underthesun.cc/sjackson/sjackson1.html
If you notice, Jackson lived in Vermont when she wrote The Lottery. (She received lots of hate mail for the story.) Then moved to Westport, an affluent, artistic and unusually open-minded community, Connecticut.
I have to say I agree with your primary reaction to the story. Usually, teachers put this one out, because it is so thought provoking and well written. Wouldn't want to over analyze it, but anyone easily could.
Definitely a must read!
The Father's letter is for you. His ways are higher than ours. It takes time to grow a seed and bear good fruit. Rebuke the devourer. The battle is the Lord's and He will be victorious.
If that makes me crazy then that's okay.
Reverence for the Father and his instructions outweighs all else.
In all directions, love one another give us grace for agreement with Your will.
Leaving all else behind us.
I love you God; show me the real truth not idols.
Pleading the blood on life and the world all over.
so be it.
i read that for the first time this fall in my creative writing class. it was one of my favorite stories we read.
"that's pretty deep stuff. that's not, 'yo yo yippy yo yo bling bling, smack a bitch.'"
"when i eat chicken nuggets....they don't look like they're in pain...but i believe that they were.."
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