The Lottery Themes

The Lottery is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 18, 1948 The story describes a fictional small American

Bobby Martin ducked under his mother's grasping hand and ran, laughing, back to the pile of stones His father spoke up sharply, and Bobby came quickly and took

the first descendant dead bride Jackson shows that children, who do not understand the difference between right and wrong, have not yet been indoctrinated with society's values and so express

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