I can't recall when I first read it, except that I had already read a lot of Ray Bradbury, notably Fahrenheit 451, and therefore was already well steeped in a similar mentality. I believed it utterly. It's easy enough in almost any school, or it was when I was in them, to see how people will turn on one person, even if there is no ritual in place to encourage it.
Shirley Jackson always got to me, quite reliably. Her tone is so matter-of fact.
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Date: 2005-12-16 07:08 pm (UTC)Shirley Jackson always got to me, quite reliably. Her tone is so matter-of fact.
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