• "The Lottery"- A story of senseless killing, this essay is about the short story by Kate Chopin where a young woman gets stoned to death as e result of a stupid custom.

     

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Published: 16.11.2002.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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"The Lottery"- A story of senseless killing
Human life is the most precious value on earth and for this reason, with nowadays laws you get big punishments if you harm somebody's life or in the worst case take it away. The story " The Lottery", written by Shirley Jackson, after World War II is set in a small village of 300 inhabitants where every 2nd of June an unusual lottery takes place. Usually we expect the winner to get advantages out of his "good luck" in winning the lottery but here the " winner" gets stoned to death. The main theme of "The Lottery" is senseless killing.
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