The Lottery
The Lottery is quite an interesting short story. While personally I didn’t understand exactly what was going on in the beginning, the end was more supporting and understanding. While maybe I didn’t understand at first, there were for sure enough details to make me see this was a pretty decent short story.
The story takes place in the middle of June. The introduction has lots of details and can draw a picture in your mind. Although, I wish it told what year it was. I wasn’t exactly sure if this was in the 1900’s or more modern times like the 1940’s-1990. Perhaps it is suppose to be mysterious. It went on to talk about a whole village gathering up for a lottery that apparently had been going on for a long, long time.
Not much else seems to happen until multiple people were drawn up to the stage. I found it slightly confusing but it seemed like they would call multiple people, ask them if they were could attend the lottery. They ask about their family. And then they un-fold a paper and someone else is chosen. But this isn’t a lottery to win money and prizes. It turns out that it is a lottery to control population. I found this a crazy twist to the story and made the beginning make a lot more sense.
In the end, the “winner” got pelted with stones. That seems like a very cruel way to control population. Over all, the lottery was a pretty decent short story. Its ending was fairly overwhelming and beginning was full of detail and will get you into the story quickly. My only complaint would be the confusion at the beginning.
