The Lottery – Shirley Jackson
Mar 19th, 2007 by Ashley
It’s mentioned too many times so I finally made up my mind to read it. Erich told me that it’s something you’d read on an English class, sort of like our 陋室銘 perhaps? (this is the only thing I can come up with at this moment :p)
Anyways, I’ve already had an idea of what the lottory is about before I read it. Therefore, the suspense couldn’t be built up during the process, which it’s a shame. Or it might be a better experience.
[updated]
Carmen mentioned the Lottery in class and apparently more than half of us have never read it before. I was surprised. Cos Erich made it sounds like it’s in the high school textbook. Anyway, someone made a pretty good point about the story which allowed me to read it from a different angle. I was focused on the ridiculousness of the story and how it was built up, but forgot the fact that something like that does happen. Maybe in a more subtle way. All of the sudden, the story doesn’t seem that absurd anymore.