Author's note: This is a response to "The
Lottery" by Shirley Jackson about
one of the important themes in the short story.
This short story has many themes but the
one theme that stood out the most to me was traditions. The reason this is one of the most important
themes is because the lottery has been going on for 77 years, they have used
the same black box for all of those years.
Each year they would be promised that the boxes would be replaced but
never was. The lottery starts every year
on June 27th, everyone in the town comes and hopes they will not be picked
which seems silly because the lottery now a days is you win something like
money or a car. Not during this time
period the lottery was when the man of the family would have to pick a card in
the old black box. If there was a mark
on that card your whole family would have to pick a card and a member of your
family would be stoned to death. To me
this sounds more like a death ceremony than a lottery.
Many towns around this small town have
decided to stop doing the lottery, but not this town. They say that it is a tradition that should
not be stopped. Men in the town say that
it is all of the young folks that are deciding to stop the lottery, because
they are scared. In my mind why would
you not want to stop, if you know someone is going to be killed and it could be
you why not stop the lottery.
I really liked this! You did a good job on understanding the main themes of the story. You could add more advanced vocabulary once you edit it.... Nice!
ReplyDeleteFrom reading this I saw you did authors note, good memory because I don't! I really understood the main themes after reading this too! NICE JOB ANN!
ReplyDeleteNice job Anne! I thought it was clear and understanding. Like Bethany said if you want it to be graded you could add more advanced vocabulary and make it longer so the reader understands your main topic but overall great job!
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone else! but overall it was great :)
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