The Lottery

[pegkerr]

This essay here caught my eye, considering Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" as a capitalist critique. I find it kinda convincing, myself.

Discuss.

Do you remember the first time you read "The Lottery"? Did it have much of an impact on you?

Comments

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Taught it for years, and it never failed to bother my students. It is clear that it speaks to something in our own lives. I think all the analyses mentioned, as well as the one presented, are in some ways true of the story.