Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

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The Lottery Quick Write “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, is a short story that focuses on the old traditions of a world that has seemingly let these traditions go, except for this town. They had become accustomed to ritualistic violence with the “lottery”. You would assume from the title that this is about winning actual money from a lottery but once you begin to get further into the story you pick up on the fact that somethings off about this town. First every family is called to the middle of the town to chose a slip of paper from a black box. One by one the families are safe until our main family chooses the one with the black dot. The mom begins to freak out which is ironic because she was floating around about how they'd be safe because