04/20/2020 - 04/20/2020

Assigned: Introduction To Literature

"Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones."


Synopsis


Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" is a memorable and terrifying masterpiece, fueled by a tension that creeps up on you slowly without any clear indication of why. This is just a townful of people, after all, choosing their numbers for the annual lottery. What's there to be scared of?