The Lottery
Dec. 15th, 2005 10:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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?
Discuss.
Do you remember the first time you read "The Lottery"? Did it have much of an impact on you?
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Date: 2005-12-16 01:59 pm (UTC)I always interpreted it, similar to one of your other commenters, as an indictment of what people would do to follow tradition just because it was There.
In a college creative writing class I wrote a 'response' or retelling from Tessie's perspective, but sadly I have no idea where it is. I wish I knew.