By:
Shirley Jackson
Grade Level:
In her short story “The Lottery” (1949), Shirley Jackson writes a ritual that is exceedingly alarming. The place is an obscure little town where the people are led through blind obedience, mindless assault of the past, and pressed into a barbaric act because the ancient custom says so.
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