jaylee010291 (September 5, 2008 at 6:38 pm)

this was a ritual... they believed that doing this it will bring good luck for them & their families...

kingmeek (September 5, 2008 at 2:35 am)

i think because the people was scared that if they didn't do the ritural there corn won't grow.that y warner said lottery in june.heavy corn soon

DFamousS (September 5, 2008 at 12:29 am)

i read this in lit graet book but it kinda made me sick

lovinit33 (September 3, 2008 at 10:55 pm)

this is so devastating even in the world of Fiction!! I can't stand it!

jgrimmage1 (September 3, 2008 at 2:11 am)

As i was reading the lottery i was thinking it was about a nice summer with friendly people having fun and someone winning the lottery, but shirley jackson fooled the hell out of me. I kind felt that tessy forshadowed the whole story mainly because she was late to the lottery and she went against it by putting her own kids into it saying that it was not fair.

passiontwist (September 2, 2008 at 4:35 am)

This doesn't need to be analyzed to death - it's just damn good creepy fiction. They showed this to us my Freshman year in high school and we loved it. Not everything has to have some huge cosmic meaning behind it. This is just a good story.

BIFFICATOR (September 1, 2008 at 5:41 am)

Evil psychology to undermine average Americans.. making them look like Zealots They seem like "good church people"(clothes glasses, manners). Remember education has been messed up..Still is. Categorize/label people(nerds, crazies, evil Christians) Multi levels of purpose/meaning. Subvert Christians, OK to hurt parents. (GetIT?) Comparison to voluntary sacrifice as w/Aztecs(Exterminated)Show neg. potential in GOOD people? They're too crazy to MOVE AWAY? Why shown in my 5th gr?= BRAINWASHING

christo930 (August 30, 2008 at 1:47 pm)

I believe S. Jackson was trying to show the consequences of hanging on to old superstitions and beliefs, particularly ones without any backing at all, or even reason to believe without brainwashing. Here's a (fictional) case where every year a person is killed, perhaps a small child, to protect their crop yield. Things like this still happen today in the middle east where people kill for religion. Blind faith gets people in big trouble. This is the result of not questioning things.

soxulovem (August 30, 2008 at 3:16 am)

the only reason my lit class found for them to do it is for a good harvest because they do it near the summer solstice stupid reason!!

fortinojoel1 (August 28, 2008 at 9:04 am)

I didnt know about this movie.. And im working on a play for the local theatre, im writing both the story and the script, and just found this, geeez... i had the same title, and my lead character was "Jack", and theres a Jack in this too.. come to think that i need to change both names now.. AHHH!!