Psychological Project by David Imhoff https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m en-us 2017-03-09 15:41:02 UTC 2025-12-19 04:15:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Shirley Jackson, in her short story “The Lottery”, uses the town’s willingness to follow tradition and kill innocent people to draw a parallel to the inhumanity and mindlessness of war. 620842imh https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159012293 2017-03-09 15:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159012293 620842imh https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159013669 2017-03-09 15:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159013669 620842imh https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159014232 2017-03-09 15:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159014232 “Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.” 620842imh https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159014665 2017-03-09 15:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159014665 “The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born. Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box.” 620842imh https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159015136 2017-03-09 15:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159015136 620842imh https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159017677 2017-03-09 15:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159017677 “‘They do say,’ Mr. Adams said to Old Man Warner, who stood next to him, ‘that over in the north village they're talking of giving up the lottery.’ Old Man Warner snorted. ‘Pack of crazy fools,’ he said. ‘Listening to the young folks, nothing's good enough for them. Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live hat way for a while.’” 620842imh https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159018495 2017-03-09 15:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159018495 "Me. I guess," a woman said. and Mr. Summers turned to look at her. "Wife draws for her husband." Mr.Summers said. "Don't you have a grown boy to do it for you, Janey?" Although Mr. Summers and everyone else in the village knew the answer perfectly well, it was the business of the official of the lottery to ask such questions formally. Mr. Summers waited with an expression of polite interest while Mrs. Dunbar answered. 620842imh https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159019919 2017-03-09 15:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159019919 620842imh https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159020590 2017-03-09 16:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159020590 “Every year, after the lottery, Mr. Summers began talking again about a new box, but every year the subject was allowed to fade off without anything's being done. The black box grew shabbier each year: by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color, and in some places faded or stained.” 620842imh https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159293800 2017-03-10 15:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159293800 620842imh https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159298688 2017-03-10 15:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/620842imh/m3oyst3ah64m/wish/159298688