The great conversation that we had in English class about The Lottery opened my eyes and got me thinking about what Shirley Jackson's real reason for writing this story were. Jackson's story to me did try to describe the word tradition. Her message in my opinion was that people are so accustomed to tradition that they are afraid of change and are not brave enough to make a difference in the way they live their life. The tone of the story in my opinion was more like a scary one and in a way because of the fact that the woman gets stoned, that to me was the most shoking part of the story. In other words is Shirley trying to tell us that tradition can even kill us? The tone we might see when we first read the story might not help us recognize the real reasons and the secrets behind this amazing book.
Good ideas. I'm thinking that it's not tradition that kills us; it's our refusal to question any of the "givens" in life.
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