The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
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You would probably think the story is about luck, as the title indicates “The Lottery”. Everything seems alright, plain and normal until we see Mrs Hutchinson is stoned to death. The prize for the “winner” is death or sacrifice. When you reach to the ...
评分The dark side of human beings (superstitious brutal and inhumanity of one’s lives). Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. Old man Warner said stoutly about some places have a...
评分 评分The short story, The Lottery, is a classic work of an American novelist, Shirley Jackson. It narrates a story about the people of a small village that held an annual activity of lottery, the person who was chosen from the lottery would be hit to death by st...
评分The dark side of human beings (superstitious brutal and inhumanity of one’s lives). Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. Old man Warner said stoutly about some places have a...
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...Phillip的口语考试材料= =
评分泛读课材料。结局很让人意外，原本没意识到lottery 的结果会是如何，没想到结局如此冷峻暴力。联想到的是路西法效应……
评分看似美好的lottery，结局出人意料
评分She uses irony and comedy to suggest an underlying evil, hypocrisy, and weakness of human kind.
评分She uses irony and comedy to suggest an underlying evil, hypocrisy, and weakness of human kind.
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