What do you think were Shirley Jackson’s thoughts in writing The Lottery. What is the lesson we are to learn from this story? Were you surprised when it turned out to be a sacrifice?

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fionacndg · Answer

i Have to write an essay and need help setting up an outline and thesis statement

anonymous · Answer

have you seen the movie it self my friend

anonymous · Answer

people were greedy

fionacndg · Answer

i have read the book

anonymous · Answer

people were greedy

fionacndg · Answer

how were they greedy? they were blind to the injustice and tradition that they continued to uphold.

anonymous · Answer

money

anonymous · Answer

then why do they call the lottery if money is  not involved

fionacndg · Answer

there was no money involved

fionacndg · Answer

u have definitely not read the book

anonymous · Answer

that's the point they thought  that they were going to get money but instead death was involved (they don't call me sherlock holmes for nothing

fionacndg · Answer

read the book http://sites.middlebury.edu/individualandthesociety/files/2010/09/jackson_lottery.pdf it is not at all what you think, the title is ironic

anonymous · Answer

ok this story is mainly about the suffering that is happing. this is why he wrote this (ps) your thoughts

fionacndg · Answer

so for "what is the lesson to lean" what would i write? what am i supposed to be taking in?

fionacndg · Answer

and i dont think suffering is part of it

anonymous · Answer

he wrote this during world war (hint and key point why he wrote this

anonymous · Answer

let me break it down for you

fionacndg · Answer

she not he, i do not think we are talking about the same thing!

anonymous · Answer

we are

anonymous · Answer

we should not all ways follow what other people do that that's what the story is  all about

fionacndg · Answer

yes but my question is , (so i can write a 1000 word paper) What do you think were Shirley Jackson’s thoughts in writing The Lottery. What is the lesson we are to learn from this story? Were you surprised when it turned out to be a sacrifice?

anonymous · Answer

give me a sec i 'll have it

anonymous · Answer

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Shirley Jackson wrote her dark, renowned short story "The Lottery" while living on ... As generations of readers were shocked to learn, community order in the ... In later describing how she came to write the story, Shirley said: "Perhaps the ... You don't ask questions about what goes on in their land, their house, their clan.