Shirley Jackson's The Lottery by Brady Barrow https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp GENERAL THOUGHTS en-us 2021-02-22 15:33:19 UTC 2021-02-22 17:10:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Write your opening thoughts on the story, what did you like, what did you dislike? What did you think would happen versus what happened? etc. bradybarrow43 https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp/wish/1227020740 2021-02-22 15:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp/wish/1227020740 https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp/wish/1227551739 I liked the way it was quite ambiguous. The mystery behind the 'Lottery' 

It seemed rather normal at the start until it goes a little weird

]]> 2021-02-22 17:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp/wish/1227551739 I liked the realism of the beginning, it definitely seemed ominous about where the story was going. Anonymised https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp/wish/1227563772 2021-02-22 17:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp/wish/1227563772 The significance of some things is only revealed after you know the ending - like the significance of the 'oldest man in the village' https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp/wish/1227563828 2021-02-22 17:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp/wish/1227563828 Slow build up, gradually and gently magnifying the tension - seems like a homely, small town, a nice place which makes the ending more shocking - one senses something ominous is going to happen. jmmiller100 https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp/wish/1227565660 2021-02-22 17:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp/wish/1227565660 I assume it's a critique of 'community' or 'civilisation' - what small town American seems like versus the grim reality underneath - one thinks of lynchings etc. Also reminds you of fertility rites etc - atavaitsic impulses beneath the surface jmmiller100 https://padlet.com/bradybarrow43/rn30uw4ig9b3klbp/wish/1227575919 is there any rationality for the violence? or is it just a custom that's been so accepted no one questions it anymore

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