As in, killed by fellow townspeople throwing stones until the victim's skull is crushed. It's about a small Vermont town that holds a lottery to determine who.will be ritually stoned to death. Innocence is lost.īecause " The Lottery" ain't about that kind of lottery. They flip to the table of contents and see a story, adorably titled "The Lottery." What could it be about? A sweet story about a poor guy who wins millions? A family that gets a new yacht? A woman who wins an all-expenses-paid trip to the Bahamas?Īnd then they start reading. We can imagine it now: a literary lad in a Don Draper fedora or a bookish lass in a crisp knee-length skirt. The poor suckers who first read the story in the Jissue of The New Yorker.
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