The Lottery - 872 Words
The Lottery
On a clear morning, June 27th, the townspeople, men, women, and children begin to assemble for the lottery which is to begin at ten in the morning. The opening paragraphs completely mask the underlying darkness of this short story. As the reader progresses throughout the story, these deeper elements of the story become evident. "The Lottery" successfully combines elements of horror, irony, hypocrisy, and tradition in a way that fulfills Carver’s criteria of a story that...
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