The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and Barn Burning by William

The Lottery” is a classic short story because of its power to unsettle us themes of conformity and cruelty, it was an allegory for McCarthyism

The Lottery” is a classic short story because of its power to unsettle us themes of conformity and cruelty, it was an allegory for McCarthyism

themed slot machines People are not all good or all evil but a mixture of both Other ideasthemes can be applied to “The Lottery” 34 IRONY Irony = is the contrast

theme of the lottery In The Lottery, children are not exempt from the brutal tradition, and there is no coming of age in the conventional sense Instead, the story