SACRED VIOLENCE IN SHIRLEY JACKSON'S THE LOTTERY

SACRED VIOLENCE IN SHIRLEY JACKSON'S THE LOTTERY the lottery by shirley jackson drawing drawing, and beginning the interaction that Jackson describes so carefully and so naturally Her use of archetypal names for the leaders of the benevolent the slot island The children usually arrive first They play and gather stones in preparation for the drawing The husbands and fathers are the next to gather They tell jokes,

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