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This story was very uncanny how at the beginning it just seemed like a small town gathering for a celebration and then at the end they stone a woman to dead.
I don't think they want to stop the Lottery becuase they want to have a scapegoat, someone to blame for everything. They are also scared of change and they want to stick to tradition.
Why do you think that they said it was a bad idea that the other villages stopped doing the lottery when it was just killing people? How is that a good thing to keep going?
I had the same question as Trish...why don't they want to stop the lottery and why do they think it's weird that some other towns have stopped the lottery?
Maybe they keep doing the lottery to keep the population of the town down. They don't want the population to get out of town so they do the lottery to control it.
This story was creepy because the people of the town were excited to stone Mrs. Hutchinson, like it was normal or right. Her own children were given stones to stone her to death thats just not right.
This could have been a set up. I think that the people in charge meant to have Tessie stoned becuase she doesn't seem to care about the Lottery as much as all the other people.
I find it odd that this village finds pleasure in stoning their friends, family, and neighboors to death. Why does the village choose one person a year to kill? What is the purpose of it? And why was the family so relieved that it was Mrs. Hutchinson in stead of them? WOuldn't they be upset about having their mother bascially murdered?
We kill people by stoning because it the old days when we had no things like guns. But in this story there could be a better less painful way of killing. It just seems like they almost relish in it.
I don't think that Mrs. Hutchinson was picked because she was late to the lottery because I don't think it seemed like they were that mad when she got there.
The whole area of where the house is seems so simple and basic and almost pure, because mostly farms and towns make one feel comforted but yet the truth of inside the house takes on another persona which is confusing
The black box was just the tradition of where they kept the slips of paper. I think its black because the lottery is a very dark thing and the black color symbolizes that.
I also think that it was ironic how Tessie was the one that was killed when she was the one that was most against it. Do you think that if someone else was chosen they would have the same reaction or they would just take what they were given and not complain?
I don't htink the lottery is used as population control because they only do it once a year and they only kill one person. It's like a traditional ceremony of the town.
I think we kill people or use to kill people by stoning because it was a long death that they had to suffer. Do we still kill people by stoning? I don't think so but im not sure.
I feel like by having the lottery it makes the children not have any emotion towards someone. Because when Nancy's mom was getting stoned they jumped right in and helped. It was like they didn't have a care in the world that they were killing their own mom, and she was getting killed by the others.
It seems like Tessie's family didn't care about her that much when she had to be stoned. And I am wondering why she was the only one in the family that was mad about being picked when everyone else in the family wasn't very scared of being picked.
How they stone the woman reminds me of The Kite Runner when they stone a lady at the halftime show. Some of the people get really into it and enjoy it while the people who its unfamiliar to reject the idea and think it is a bad idea to stone her.
I think that the author called it the lottery to contridict the whole idea. Most people love he lottery and are always wanting to find it and obtain it, but in this story it is the exact opposite and once you know the truth of the house and what the people do they do not want the lottery :)
If the lottery is formed to make it that no one grows emotionally attached, then how can you build a society off of that? The emotional ratifactionn of this decison would be great because humans are made to be emotionaly connected
I also had a connection to how the people enjoyed the stoning of there friends, it reminded me of the Collosium in ancient Rome and how even though it was horrible it was still there form of entertainment
I think the author chooses children to do the stoning because children are so familiar and are seen as innocent and it is twisted how the children are actually the murderers.
I agree with Erin, how can someone build a society without being attached to anyone? Could it relate to the village and how the adults keep their secrets of the real world from everyone else in the village?
I think that the very good description that Shirley Jackson wrote was to make the whole story uncanny. Like it this nice place with flowers blomming but then it ends up that in this place that you think to be nice they are killing people for basicaly no reason.
I think they were scared to stop the Lottery because everyone is scared of change, and as technology come to the town, and new babies the only thing they could keep the same was having the Lottery and killing some one each time. I think it shows how doing the same thing over and over its not always right because that means you mind set is in the same spot but other peoples minds are growing.
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Just question but why do we kill people by stoning?
This story was very uncanny how at the beginning it just seemed like a small town gathering for a celebration and then at the end they stone a woman to dead.
I don't think they want to stop the Lottery becuase they want to have a scapegoat, someone to blame for everything. They are also scared of change and they want to stick to tradition.
Why do you think that they said it was a bad idea that the other villages stopped doing the lottery when it was just killing people? How is that a good thing to keep going?
I had the same question as Trish...why don't they want to stop the lottery and why do they think it's weird that some other towns have stopped the lottery?
Did anyone else notice the little number sign and number 3 in the story?
stoning is a cheap and easy method of embarasment and punishment and DEATH!!
Perhaps it is a kind of ceremony that they stoned someone. Because they were way too happy about killing someone.
What was the significance of the black box? Was it just the box where they put the names of the people in or what?
Maybe they keep doing the lottery to keep the population of the town down. They don't want the population to get out of town so they do the lottery to control it.
Maybe they do the Lottery as a population control. Or it could possibly be a way to control the members of the community.
This story was creepy because the people of the town were excited to stone Mrs. Hutchinson, like it was normal or right. Her own children were given stones to stone her to death thats just not right.
This could have been a set up. I think that the people in charge meant to have Tessie stoned becuase she doesn't seem to care about the Lottery as much as all the other people.
I find it odd that this village finds pleasure in stoning their friends, family, and neighboors to death. Why does the village choose one person a year to kill? What is the purpose of it? And why was the family so relieved that it was Mrs. Hutchinson in stead of them? WOuldn't they be upset about having their mother bascially murdered?
By having the Lottery could what effect do you think it will have on the children.
The people in the town don't see the lottery as a bad thing because they have grown up with it and do not see it as killing but more like cleansing.
We kill people by stoning because it the old days when we had no things like guns. But in this story there could be a better less painful way of killing. It just seems like they almost relish in it.
I don't think that Mrs. Hutchinson was picked because she was late to the lottery because I don't think it seemed like they were that mad when she got there.
ya i found that creapy too it just did not make scence.
The whole area of where the house is seems so simple and basic and almost pure, because mostly farms and towns make one feel comforted but yet the truth of inside the house takes on another persona which is confusing
The black box was just the tradition of where they kept the slips of paper. I think its black because the lottery is a very dark thing and the black color symbolizes that.
I also think that it was ironic how Tessie was the one that was killed when she was the one that was most against it. Do you think that if someone else was chosen they would have the same reaction or they would just take what they were given and not complain?
I don't htink the lottery is used as population control because they only do it once a year and they only kill one person. It's like a traditional ceremony of the town.
The black box reminded me of the black box of in the Village. It is filled with secrets. The lives of people are put into this box
I think we kill people or use to kill people by stoning because it was a long death that they had to suffer. Do we still kill people by stoning? I don't think so but im not sure.
Maybe there is significance behind the box being beatin up and old. It could show how the tradition of the Lottery is old fashion
good word niki relish! very nice
i think they used this way cause they could get more people involved and into it by having more people do the stoning.
Do you think they are promoting killing among children? At the end of the story they actually gave the little boy a stone to throw at his mother.
I feel like by having the lottery it makes the children not have any emotion towards someone. Because when Nancy's mom was getting stoned they jumped right in and helped. It was like they didn't have a care in the world that they were killing their own mom, and she was getting killed by the others.
There is definatley something a bit deeper than just, whoever wins gets to die.
It seems like Tessie's family didn't care about her that much when she had to be stoned. And I am wondering why she was the only one in the family that was mad about being picked when everyone else in the family wasn't very scared of being picked.
Why does the author decided to use Children in this book? He bascically changed something we view as innoncent and turned evil it is uncanny.
i dont think we do any more maybe in trird world contrys they still might but the USA does not.
I don't think anyone kills anybody by stoning in the U.S. anymore, but im sure other cultures might do it.
stoning is still used in the middle east and in parts of africa. Not in the United States
On the second page they talked about how they changed the system of the lottery and its tradition. Is there any significance in that?
How they stone the woman reminds me of The Kite Runner when they stone a lady at the halftime show. Some of the people get really into it and enjoy it while the people who its unfamiliar to reject the idea and think it is a bad idea to stone her.
I agree with Eva, if this was to keep the population they weren't doing a very good job. Killing one person a year doesn't do anything.
Well i think that the kids are chosen as the main characters instead of adults so that it is somethin WAY unexpected
I think that the author called it the lottery to contridict the whole idea. Most people love he lottery and are always wanting to find it and obtain it, but in this story it is the exact opposite and once you know the truth of the house and what the people do they do not want the lottery :)
Old Man Warner said, "Lottery in June, corn to be heavy soon." what does this mean?
What is the point of having the Lottery? Is it just to accuse someone and have them stoned?
it seems like the people think its some kind of cheap honor to be stoned and chosen
Why does Shirley Jackson put so much emphasis on the setting in the first paragraph?
If the lottery is formed to make it that no one grows emotionally attached, then how can you build a society off of that? The emotional ratifactionn of this decison would be great because humans are made to be emotionaly connected
I also had a connection to how the people enjoyed the stoning of there friends, it reminded me of the Collosium in ancient Rome and how even though it was horrible it was still there form of entertainment
i thoght it could have been a type of entertaiment the people seemed like they were having fun
In the story no women drew except when the hutchinson family was chosen. How come the women couldn't draw a piece of paper?
I think the author chooses children to do the stoning because children are so familiar and are seen as innocent and it is twisted how the children are actually the murderers.
I agree with Erin, how can someone build a society without being attached to anyone? Could it relate to the village and how the adults keep their secrets of the real world from everyone else in the village?
maybe they just actualy were we just did not hear about it in the story
I think the author chooses men to draw because they were more responsible for their family during the time that he wrote it.
I think that the very good description that Shirley Jackson wrote was to make the whole story uncanny. Like it this nice place with flowers blomming but then it ends up that in this place that you think to be nice they are killing people for basicaly no reason.
Life is unpredictable and things can change.
would you be happy or sad if yor mommy was getting stoned?
that was a GREAT disscsion!
word!
I think they were scared to stop the Lottery because everyone is scared of change, and as technology come to the town, and new babies the only thing they could keep the same was having the Lottery and killing some one each time. I think it shows how doing the same thing over and over its not always right because that means you mind set is in the same spot but other peoples minds are growing.
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