Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

Lecture on Shirley Jackson's The Lottery Husson Professor Adam Crowley

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• Lottery

[ricZ134]

thanx profffesor!!your video really helped me a lot!!!

[ProfessorCrowley]

Great to hear. Good luck!

Adam

[999oj]

I have a question to ask? Is a situation or condition 'right' because it is a tradition? I have an essay on these(lottery) and I don't understand it. Pls hlep.

[ProfessorCrowley]

Well, I think that is a question only you will be able to answer. However, ask yourself if all traditions are good. When you have an answer to that question, you will have answer to your first question.

Best,

Adam

[ProfessorCrowley]

Those are good observations, and both about the situation and the characters.

[ProfessorCrowley]

Hi, DeejayyAndo:

That question sounds a lot like an essay prompt. I would encourage you to re-read the story, and this time through pay lots of attention to all the specific details Jackson uses to describe the people and the town. The answer to your question will be found in those details.

[thefart1o1]

I wish old man warner got picked

[houdashell41379]

I felt so sorry for this professor when the student answers that his thoughts on The Lotter was "it's a waste". That is not a thought that is a waste of syllables. If you go beyond the simplistic facade of the story, you will find a rich and deeply disturbing look at modern society. The way a group of people will hold onto a tradition or the status quo, simply because it has always been that way. The townspeople are numb to the brutality they inflict on their fellow man.

[martincommrad]

Recording a class lecture. Shouldn't u dumbasses be tryin' to learn something. Ah, kids today.

[osamabinpawning123]

I think the village stoned people not to decrease the population....it was for harvest

[dannyd0994]

i call bullshit when that guy at 3:30 knew it was a lottery to kill people.

[doowoppingchainsawer]

I want to stone the guy at 2:30 to death.

[dltanner99]

Horror novel see video book trailer

[BeUniQue1000]

so disturbing in the fact that all of these people that Mrs. Hutchinson grew up with, her family members didn't think twice about murdering her, this is just strange. I wish old man warner got picked, he enjoyed the fact that he was never picked so therefore he enjoyed the killings. This story is the perfect example of man’s inhumane to one another; this story is more like a nightmare.

[BeUniQue1000]

. I can’t help but to think why they do it? Mutilating a human being is a waste, I was starting to think maybe they do this lottery to keep the population down; maybe it’s their own way of keeping tradition alive. This way of thinking is stupid, if they don’t want to reproduce or keep the population the same then they should all turn gay and lesbian, so that way no one will reproduce. The residents of this town are emotionless to the cruelty they cause on each other,

[BeUniQue1000]

When I think of winning the lottery I think of money, happiness, and a sound future but in this story it is the complete opposite. I definitely didn’t expect this to be the lottery of death, for that reason it was surprising. This story was dark and eerie, I felt bad for poor Mrs. Hutchinson she lost her life over a tradition that is not even remembered. The way a group of people will hold onto a tradition, simply because it has always been that way makes no sense.

[Beergut222]

This is pretty cool. Shirley Jackson is probably my favorite writer.

[couchpatatoe234]

what grade are you in?