Never had this at school but ran in to this story in my adult life. This story is one of the best summaries of human behavior in terms of empathy or lack of - or the attitude of "we couldn't be bothered unless it was happening to us".....this is the foundation of why wars happen and more general why human society can cause systematic harm to other humans and animals.
@elijahwick995 жыл бұрын
Yup English
@ybuzzard48615 жыл бұрын
Yktv
@Heart_catcher104 жыл бұрын
me
@arandomstartreknerd72614 жыл бұрын
Everybody's in the comments talking about how they had to read this for homework but nobody's talking about how this probably inspired The Hunger Games.
@cora_wldflwr4 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking also
@Eternal-Student4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I’m still listening but right away I thought of The Hunger Games.
@briannasmith60524 жыл бұрын
I was totally thinking this!!
@aqiylahodnett13874 жыл бұрын
i was thinking the same... however reading this bcuz of homework lol and im a sophmore in college
@m-wonder3 жыл бұрын
This is funny 🤭In fact, this month we will be analysing and comparing this short story with The Hunger Games in college
@nathansevers244 жыл бұрын
Came here for 7th grade ELA during quarantine, who else is with me.
@arlo66884 жыл бұрын
senior year quarantine homework...
@imholt81844 жыл бұрын
The Llama boy 24 junior yeae
@animelover07654 жыл бұрын
The Lalama boy 24 same lol
@Starchilddancer144 жыл бұрын
Junior year of college... still being assigned this.
@samuelf70734 жыл бұрын
Freshman
@saigeelizabeth82844 жыл бұрын
I swear I’ve listened to this 50 times none of what she’s saying is sticking i literally can’t listen
@karmahgreen80754 жыл бұрын
Factssss
@desireeosborne7394 жыл бұрын
Saige Elizabeth I thought I was the only one
@Sophunguss4 жыл бұрын
Me either i even put the captions on wtf is happening my brain doesnt process it
@wlnyuh23304 жыл бұрын
i'm not trying to be funny but...dyslexia?
@saigeelizabeth82844 жыл бұрын
carebitch oh lmao that might be why I am dyslexic
@sgauden024 жыл бұрын
The moral of this story: Just because something is "tradition" DOES NOT make it right!
@flaboyxyz52494 жыл бұрын
Dad?
@JupitersKiss793 жыл бұрын
Critical analysis of all things is wisdom
@patriciatacang18242 жыл бұрын
VEry well said, chap
@jonathanjohnson9611 Жыл бұрын
Exactly. A lot of old people can’t understand this.
@fredddiespennnies34484 жыл бұрын
I’m here for a college class... Now I’m questioning my education.. Fuck it, Tessie ain’t the only one getting stoned.
@9o9423 жыл бұрын
Nice 🌳💨
@batsnbubbles4 жыл бұрын
damn everyone is here as a 7th grader and here I am as sophomore
@karmahgreen80754 жыл бұрын
Same im sophomore
@madison3life4 жыл бұрын
I’m a Senior in high school
@marajoyf4 жыл бұрын
Senior here, but not an UK/USA student, Netherlands it is :)
@jonathanhargraves22414 жыл бұрын
I'm a freshman
@cieliketheocean4 жыл бұрын
bruh same im in ADVANCED english too
@DistortedRainbows2 жыл бұрын
I just came to check out this story and there are a bunch of kids in the comments having to analyse it for homework so I'm just gonna leave my own analysis of the text here and maybe it'll help a future English student. I'll write it in a Q&A format. What is the general theme of this story? I'd say the general theme of this story is one of creeping dread and the idea that traditions and being part of a crowd can desensitise people to extreme violence or horror. The story, for the most part, describes everyday scenes and interactions, and people discuss going back to work and having lunch after the mysterious "event", but the mood becomes more grim and tense as the lottery takes place. People fall into silence, lick their lips nervously, hold their breath... there is the sense that something is wrong but no one will outright mention it, leading you to nervously await the big reveal. What are examples of foreshadowing in this story? The first example is probably the boys gathering a big pile of stones. It's mysteriously not mentioned what the stones will be used for, but it seems like an odd thing to do. The second is possibly the description of the old traditions surrounding the lottery being forgotten, making you feel that this event is ancient and ritualistic. Later examples of foreshadowing are the villagers discussing other places banning the lottery and it being seen as a dishonorable and even "lazy" thing to do by the older villagers. It shows that this isn't a fun event and rather something that they feel is everyone's responsibility to undergo, letting you know that the event is unpleasant. Plus, the fact that everyone gets very tense when drawing their own tickets, when the host and the first man greet each other they smile humourlessly, and people generally keep talking about "hurrying up" and "getting it over with". What makes this story disturbing? A lot... The normalisation of ritualised violence to the point where people focus on getting it over with so they can focus on everyday things. The fact that they're probably keeping their minds on those everyday things so that they don't think about the horror of what's actually happening. The fact that the woman who "wins" is initially so casual about the event. She's perfectly happy to show up late to someone's stoning and chat to her neighbours and joke around as if it's a party, but then she gets chosen to be killed and her mood changes entirely. The fact that people are so cheerful and friendly to Tessy but no one complains or stands up for her, they're happy to let tradition run its course and murder her. It makes it seem like all relations in this village are superficial. People will kill each other without a second thought, even people they seemingly like and consider as friends, even their own family. The fact that they're giving kids pebbles to throw, teaching them how to carry on this deranged tradition and showing them that it's a normal thing to do. The fact that Tessy's kids are laughing in relief because it's not them, even though they must know that one of their parents will die. The idea that showing dissent to this "tradition", as other villages are apparently doing, upsets the villagers and even angers them, even though the tradition is objectively a bad thing and its purpose and meaning have been lost to time. People are uncomfortable with the idea of changing their behaviour or facing the idea that something they have "always done" is bad. No one wants to question the reasons and morals behind this event. In a way, everyone is scared of each other. No one wants to be the dissenter, everyone wants to blend in with the crowd and just "get it over with" unless they're the one who has to die. What could this be a metaphor for? Essentially any traditional form of behaviour that has hurt people. It covers the idea that people are fine with doing harmful things because that's how they've always been done and it doesn't hurt them personally. This could be applied to racism, sectarianism, homophobia... any form of ritualised and mostly unexplained prejudice. It can also be applied to the "mob mentality" and how people are more likely to behave violently and lose their own morals and objections when theyre part of a group. It could be applied to hypocrisy, when considering the character of Tessy and how she only thinks the lottery is "unfair" when it harms her. As a last thought, another horrible thing about this story is that Tessy, even when faced with her own death, only wants to redraw the lottery and push that fate onto someone else. She doesn't want to end the suffering, she only wants it to not be her that suffers. Alright, that's enough typing lol, I hope this is useful for someone out there.
@hansikatera64492 жыл бұрын
BRO UR AN ACTUAL LIFE SAVER THANK YOU
@grossroast2 жыл бұрын
Incredibly useful! Thank you so much you are an Angel!
@fatherlesschild2402 жыл бұрын
LIOOOOOLLLLLL THANKS
@nii4901 Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@pickle_rat Жыл бұрын
could you also identify examples of imagery that propel the plot and examples of suspense in action
@pooryorick831 Жыл бұрын
As a retired teacher. I have read and taught this story over the years. I can give a few insights. This story depicts an event that has been repeated probably millions of times in human history. It is about ritual and tradition followed to its extreme -- human sacrifice. Human sacrifice has been done in all cultures and at most times during history. The horror is created by setting human sacrifice down in a modern small town. It makes what happens to the characters more relatable. It's no longer something you read about the Aztecs doing. Suddenly it's people who could be your neighbors and friends. That is what makes it horrifying. And it is also about blind adherence to tradition and about how easily a crowd can turn into a mob. Those are all generalities, but if they point some student in the right direction, them I'm good.
@firstnamelastname97514 жыл бұрын
When are we gonna start sharing answers??
@sienalavi25234 жыл бұрын
exactlyyy
@jeremyjimenez19214 жыл бұрын
me scrolling through to see if anyone has any 😂😂
@toxicvulcan44024 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyjimenez1921 honestly ive been scrolling for an hour
@allyh2444 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyjimenez1921 same
@kayleelomas55986 жыл бұрын
I love this story. It's unsetttling and gets progressivly darker. Notice that before her family get the lottery ticket with the black dot she was happy and had no problem with the lottery only after she starts to object .
@reneedennis20114 жыл бұрын
Yup.
@bada5h2313 жыл бұрын
Everyone else is a teenager here for homework and having a miserable time but here I am at 35 listening to this for fun because I love the brilliant and troubled Shirley Jackson. Y'all know she wrote The Haunting of Hill House too right?
@beechermouse3 жыл бұрын
Dude same
@plantagenant67893 жыл бұрын
Yes! I bought the Haunting of Hill House on audio book. Shirley Jackson was very much ahead of her time. I listen to it every October. It's very unsettling. That housekeeper is a real piece of work and adds to the creepy environment.
@SeyaDiakite72 жыл бұрын
i'm 45 and i read the book in high school in 88, 40 years straight after the novel was published
@cailoof2274 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad this video is here because I don't think I would've been able to read this by myself-
@aal3x44 жыл бұрын
My mind went blank as I was reading this, from what I got in this story a women wins the lottery and gets stones thrown at her😭 WHAT IS THIS?? This was painful for me to comprehend
@calvincrusader33714 жыл бұрын
No she got picked and now she gets sacrificed so they have good crops for another year that’s the lottery if you Win ya die
@izab3lle1534 жыл бұрын
All I remember is she said it wasnt fair
@savannahmclemore96274 жыл бұрын
what even is this story. 😭
@MrHighlife4 жыл бұрын
its not that hard to understand...
@laurenanderson73303 жыл бұрын
@@savannahmclemore9627 oh man 🤦♀️
@helenlauer95453 жыл бұрын
so sinister . . . extremely well written, and the reader has also got the rhythm and mood that builds up the tension and ominous implication almost from the very beginning. This economic plain speech is a wonderful medium. A feature of the best American literature since the 1950s that I always appreciate.
@stevengust5 жыл бұрын
anyone here for english class?
@alyssuhcastillo4334 жыл бұрын
Meee😂
@jaquelinzepeda23553 жыл бұрын
yup
@imaituii3 жыл бұрын
Aren't we all?
@bennylong54753 жыл бұрын
yea me too i'm sitting outside next to this idiot who keeps talking too much so i can't even hear the audio and idk what this story is about. pls send help.
@taytaylay13554 жыл бұрын
Anyone have to do this for ELA class for today during Quarantine ?
@joshuaharrison71994 жыл бұрын
Yep
@zahirrmtzz4 жыл бұрын
Taytay Lay me
@itsyaboimoonmoth35054 жыл бұрын
Ye
@nowayitskota4 жыл бұрын
Ayooo
@user-ed3sh8df2s4 жыл бұрын
yep😔🤚
@animelover07654 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure everybody is here because of homework lol Edit: Welp that got dark :
@aal3x44 жыл бұрын
I’m honestly confused, so the “lottery” is basically you getting hit with stones? Pls help I got school questions with this later 0_o
@animelover07654 жыл бұрын
Yes but l think it's mostly about how you choose your fate because your choosing a paper you dont know that holds your fate.
@romansouthwick064 жыл бұрын
Yep
@slayernet82264 жыл бұрын
I’m soooooo lost
@laffytiffy47304 жыл бұрын
Foreal, I was like hold on now WHAT??? 😬
@kadenmartin94364 жыл бұрын
My teacher expected me to read the actual book, naw, I’m listening to the audio book
@paulmcdermitt67433 жыл бұрын
It's not even a book! It's 3,378 words!
@noriakikakyoin33774 жыл бұрын
This tab has been open for almost 3 days because 'I will totally get around to doing homework later'... 100%. Time to go back to doing anything but home work, anime time.
@emma-mv2tn4 жыл бұрын
i'm here for homework. this was absolutely painful to read.i don't think i've ever read anything worse. yea, it gets better for a sentence - but then it goes right back.
@trinityt72344 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I read it and after I finished I forgotten everything. It was dreadful to read lol
@ethanborin77974 жыл бұрын
Surly u give me answers 😂
@archiesimpson51724 жыл бұрын
If you think this is bad, try reading "Herland" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It's eugenics disguised as feminism.
@allyh2444 жыл бұрын
It’s better than the necklace now that is painful to watch trust me
@laurenanderson73303 жыл бұрын
What’s painful?
@thefloordemon8093 жыл бұрын
the story if you dont understand: Each year there is a lottery and everyone is willing to take part and take a ticket, but the lottery is actually a sacrifice for crops and thats why stones where thrown at the woman lol.
@hansikatera64492 жыл бұрын
omg u a life saver fr im here for english class and had no idea what was going on lmaoo
@natnat940 Жыл бұрын
Tysmmmmm
@niyeraraquel6 жыл бұрын
Um hi, wtf is this??? I'm convinced my English professor is a serial killer.
@INTERNATIONALvids5 жыл бұрын
Understanding human behavior in a story like this is what makes someone less of a serial killer.
@niyeraraquel5 жыл бұрын
INTERNATIONALvids sounds like something a serial killer would say
@INTERNATIONALvids5 жыл бұрын
@@niyeraraquel - Seems like you equate intelligence or thinking things through as serial killer behavior...but in reality those are good skills for many people to have.
@davewade38765 жыл бұрын
@@niyeraraqueldon't need no ejakayshun, she's thinks attitude will get her through life. No future in that, Ms.Ni.
@kennethha4164 жыл бұрын
@@niyeraraquel ha ikr
@samarin1884 жыл бұрын
One of the best short stories ever written
@WitnessThe4 жыл бұрын
This was written before TV a long time ago. It delves into the secret no one talks about, that doesn't get taught in schools; in agrarian societies of old, human sacrifice was a lot more common than you would imagine. Watch Christopher Lee's version of 'Wicker Man', for more on this subject. I'm not in formal school, I'm sixty five and listening for enjoyment. This is definitely not a book, for those with New York minute attention spans.
@archiesimpson51724 жыл бұрын
"The Wicker Man" is a fictional account of paganism.
@croneyt82954 жыл бұрын
This is painful for homework
@mcreddit71204 жыл бұрын
And to think. I'm listening to this just to do it.
@Ewerecat4 жыл бұрын
It is painful but at least the story is interesting and it's not about like boring old facts about animals...
@paulmcdermitt67433 жыл бұрын
I give this as homework. What is better? Do you have short stories that 8th graders may like? I would like to give stories my students might like. Thanks in advance. :)
@hueyinfemaleform42403 жыл бұрын
Paul McDermitt please don’t they will fall asleep or find others things to do .I fell asleep twice
@paulmcdermitt67433 жыл бұрын
@@hueyinfemaleform4240 So give me something my students might like.
@kelleyrogers8178 Жыл бұрын
I am 37 and am here just because Shirley Jackson was a mastermind and far ahead of her time. I can only imagine what people thought reading this in 1948! But I see most of the commenters are teens here for homework and now I'm upset because I would have loved to had this as an assignment in HS. I read 235 books my Junior year and never came across this. Never came across her until I was an adult. This story hopefully opens some of their eyes to the world we live in. Don't just take it for what it is. Think about all of the ritualistic and animalistic tendencies we have and do daily thoughtlessly. How self preservation is always all that ever matters. Tessie didn't want the end the lottery. In fact, she was happy and enjoying it and running late as if she showed up to a party a few min behind. She only cared when it was her household selected. Even then, she didn't want it to end, she just wanted it to not be her. The way her kids laughed and sighed with relief knowing it wasnt any of them but still were fully aware it was one of their parents. Making the children participate in this, anticipate actually from how they were there gathering stones at the beginning. It's what we still do today. Tik tok and Instagram, we shove it all in our children's faces and only have a problem when it finally brings terror to our own front door. I hope some of you take it for more than just face value. And then go read some of her other works because she truly was a genius in her field!
@noahtrosper41994 жыл бұрын
Ive already read this in 7 grade and now have to read it sophomore year
@madide39784 жыл бұрын
spongeboob why as a sophomore though
@tymitchell28854 жыл бұрын
Same dw
@noahtrosper41994 жыл бұрын
Idk
@BubbaMaraj72414 жыл бұрын
Same bro😭
@SalMans8384 жыл бұрын
I have 6 overdue lessons in the same class and I'm here on the last day of Thanksgiving break trying to write a 9 paragraph essay about this story and two others. This helped a lot as this is the last year of highschool.
@hansikatera64492 жыл бұрын
lol hope ur doing well in college now
@SalMans8382 жыл бұрын
@@hansikatera6449 oh hi there. College is way different than I thought it would be. A lot of drama. Classes are hard. And i just have to teach my self to be an adult. I did take a gap year so this is my freshman year of college
@hansikatera64492 жыл бұрын
@@SalMans838 Sorry for the late reply lol but thats amazing. I'm a freshman in highschool so what I'm dealing with can only be a fraction of what you're dealing with. I bet you're doing great, keep your head up
@theratthatgotyeeted4 жыл бұрын
are we gonna share answers or no
@existingthrembo1344 жыл бұрын
This is the world's biggest Bruh Moment lol
@biancabandriova55744 жыл бұрын
damn. everyone is here from high school and I'm here because of university.
@carlapsalms23343 жыл бұрын
Who is here for pure enjoyment!
@achristiannerd63334 жыл бұрын
Nothing like listening to sad old stories on christmas eve😂
@babbidall Жыл бұрын
The fact that this is also being assigned as a college literary analysis assignment is crazy because even middle schoolers are doing this
@nf20864 жыл бұрын
9th grade gang form up Ps: when I saw I had to read this I was like why work hard when you can work smart so I looked this up
@helloperson97174 жыл бұрын
What’s the mood and tone of the story? It’s like not sticking with me but I’m only 6 minutes kn
@donnyman37584 жыл бұрын
@@helloperson9717 do you have the answers now?
@Booksabaking3 жыл бұрын
Such a great reading! You really brought across Shirely Jackson's mastery of subtle dread, foreshadowing the ending with both tone and pace. Thank you for sharing!
@AwesomeAutismHC5 жыл бұрын
I feel like people are sleeping on this story, especially with renewed interest in the Twilight Zone. I wanna see or even make a big budget movie of this.
@jackhopler68334 жыл бұрын
Their is a movie from 1996 that’s decent
@Eternal-Student4 жыл бұрын
The Hunger Games
@suertemia4 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one here not for hw or an assignment?
@tararenee2074 жыл бұрын
why are you here then
@muhammadthien51674 жыл бұрын
If you are here to actually enjoy the book. I need your attentive and patience skills 😖😖😖😖😖
@kathrynpepper22034 жыл бұрын
Meeee!
@Explosium4 жыл бұрын
yo same. i fucking love this story
@suertemia4 жыл бұрын
@@tararenee207 to enjoy the story :)
@graciesmom623 жыл бұрын
I’m here because of the movie, “Shirley” on Hulu. Fantastic movie
@FiremarshalM13 жыл бұрын
Talking about this tonight on the clubhouse app. It's a lesson on "man's inhumanity to man". Thanks for hosting it.
@rubengardiner10464 жыл бұрын
Well that took a DARK turn
@TheSkullConference2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Cumtown. I would have never discovered this piece of art without you.
@helloimjerry89553 жыл бұрын
I keep this open as a separate tab in case my teacher walks by
@joannadianellesunega5048 Жыл бұрын
need this for english day storytelling!!!!
@bombawayy4 жыл бұрын
Welp I’m here for hw
@MrHighlife4 жыл бұрын
Everyone on here talking about how they got this for school, no one talking about how fuckin CRAZY this shit is?! It went from peaceful town in the countryside to straight up Leviticus fanfic! but like really, damn good story
@paulmcdermitt67433 жыл бұрын
sounds like bible stories? religion. Question tradition!
@myhlanoelsalsa8690 Жыл бұрын
The original "Try doing that in a small town"
@nowayitskota4 жыл бұрын
Don’t tell me I’m the only one who actually enjoyed this story.... Here for school lmao
@anilina86954 жыл бұрын
Same :)
@allyh2444 жыл бұрын
OK I like it more than the necklace
@karengyllenhaal23874 жыл бұрын
why is everyone here for their homework hell ??! am i the only one who came to enjoy ?
@archiesimpson51724 жыл бұрын
No. But then I'm 50 years old lol.
@maddie57554 жыл бұрын
who else is here from schoolwork doing corona
@keidenhaas68824 жыл бұрын
Maddie 575 yup
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@Dumbbitchjoy4 жыл бұрын
Mee
@paulmills6344 жыл бұрын
20:58 I'm sure Davy was grateful for a chance of his own. "Here little guy, I know it's your mom but, you know... tradition."
@josh22784 жыл бұрын
POV: you are have to read this during class
@TrossardWasUnavailable4 жыл бұрын
POV: You are looking at someone with "great" grammar
@oxRyxo4 жыл бұрын
pov: lookin at chat lik👁👄👁
@krystylecollier9 ай бұрын
who eals is here in 2024, listening to this for school 😅
@crazycatlady4551 Жыл бұрын
Had a fight with my drama teacher in my sophomore year in HS, 1972. She wanted us to portray the townsfolk as backwards, hayseed, hillbillies. I asked her if she had even read Ms Jackson's story. Teacher took a work of monumental social impact & turned it into meaningless trash. She also trashed my thoughts of a drama career but, that's on me.
@ciax95444 жыл бұрын
Every one talking about how there here from school the real question is can i get the answers?
@gabshasmyheart4 жыл бұрын
nopeee.
@purepangea174 жыл бұрын
brainly go brrrrrr
@kirishimaejoro23243 жыл бұрын
Killua pfp and yepp
@rachaelmcgill76533 жыл бұрын
I'm just here because I was interested in the story. I never had it for homework or anything
@Adriann984 жыл бұрын
Who has to do tough questions
@maverickzheng30144 жыл бұрын
no i just have to WRITE A ESSAY!
@anilina86954 жыл бұрын
@@maverickzheng3014 Same, lol. This story was very interesting though!
@coloringwdeborahl.mcdonald76214 жыл бұрын
It might help some of you struggling...think of The Hunger Games......you might then understand this.
@willardoffemale2 жыл бұрын
I'm here because I love disturbing short stories with a lesson.
@Enderr_Mann4 жыл бұрын
7th Grade English, lol who else got this for HW :P
@nathansevers244 жыл бұрын
Me lol
@animelover07654 жыл бұрын
Meh
@ihatewomenminorities93104 жыл бұрын
僕
@SydneysRoyalty4 жыл бұрын
mhm 7th grade hw😔
@user-fw7is6cb2x4 жыл бұрын
Bruh year 9 🤣
@jacobrager26233 жыл бұрын
We had to read this story in 6th and 8th grade and now we're listening to it in english 11. Love the adaptations of the education system 👍🙃🙃
@syntheticteapot2 жыл бұрын
I will never get over the visceral horror the reveal gives me even though I've listened to this story a million times.
@Apotheosis-4 жыл бұрын
the weather on june 27th was actually not nice for most of history, in 1894 there was a tornado that killed 3 people and in 1928 there was another tornado tbh its really just a tornado kinda day
@ian38018a4 жыл бұрын
What a pleasing surprise to hear this story narrated by a Brit - Lancashire or Cheshire, I should guess by the sound of the accent. Fine work, Lady.
@user-ed3sh8df2s4 жыл бұрын
god i hate having to read stories for home work, i always have to listen to audio books but then forget like half of it
@archiesimpson51724 жыл бұрын
Take notes.
@uyangabattulga96533 жыл бұрын
I am here cuz i love Shirley.
@ddbumblebeec99234 жыл бұрын
Wow I and I thought only my and my class was just doing this
@alisher19842 жыл бұрын
Besides the dangers of tradition and groupthink, another major theme of the story is human hypocrisy. Tessie seemed eager to participate at the beginning, but when things didn't go her way, she protested. If someone else "won" the lottery, she would gladly throw stones at them. People are total hypocrites.
@conswaylife77374 жыл бұрын
Yeh 9th grade Pre-Ap ELAR got me here, I will say thought that “the legend of sleepy hollow” is the worst book ever as it’s a 40 page short story but it basically just repeats itself every paragraph in a different way every time so that the book literally goes no where until page 36, that book sucked!
@moralsxza4 жыл бұрын
LOLL
@archiesimpson51724 жыл бұрын
If you think that's bad, try reading some James Fenimore Cooper.
@accidentalgenius56904 жыл бұрын
Why is this my f*ing HOMEWORK!!! 🤬
@paulpatel52783 жыл бұрын
Teacher : “don’t read this in advance unless you already have, we will read this in class tomorrow and answer the questions together” I’m reading it anyways because I wanna know what tf happens and I don’t remember anything the first time 😭☝️
@WesternWazowski3 жыл бұрын
Epic story
@PurifiedWater06014 жыл бұрын
I’m in my first year of college and I’m reading this for my English 111 class. My problem with this village is that they KNOW what their doing it wrong, but they don’t do anything about it...why??
@usrname40854 жыл бұрын
debbie quao Because they are not willing to stand up for others if they are not affected by it
@anilina86954 жыл бұрын
Same, its my first year of college and my English Honors class assigned this story. It was very interesting
@archiesimpson51724 жыл бұрын
This is a propaganda piece.
@JupitersKiss793 жыл бұрын
Tradition witouth critical thought
@kevincorcoran64932 жыл бұрын
Jesus, we covered this story in 7th grade.
@alyssuhcastillo4334 жыл бұрын
Am I the onley one who couldnt pay attention????😂
@heatherfloyd88584 жыл бұрын
Na I can't pay attention 😭
@archiesimpson51724 жыл бұрын
You might be a visual rather than auditory learner. Try reading the story instead.
@allyh2444 жыл бұрын
No
@paulmcdermitt67433 жыл бұрын
There's a short movie. 9 minutes if I recall correctly.
@bennylong54753 жыл бұрын
yeah cause this idiot sitting next to me talks too much
@toxicvulcan44024 жыл бұрын
any one want to answer these questions before 10:00 pm ”[T]he whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner." What makes this quote disturbing? ”Guess we better get started, get this over with, so's we can go back to work." What makes this quote disturbing? The villagers do not excuse children from the lottery. Even Nancy Hutchinson, 12, and her little brother, Davy, must draw from the black box. If a child draws the slip of paper with the black dot, he or she will be stoned. AND Children take part in the stoning. Little Davy is so small that he throws pebbles. Why are these passages so disturbing? Nancy Hutchinson and her brother Bill laugh when they draw blank lots. Only two people remain to draw, their father and mother. How could Nancy and Bill laugh when they know that their father or mother will draw the lot with the black spot and die?
@archiesimpson51724 жыл бұрын
People laugh for reasons other than humor.
@DistortedRainbows2 жыл бұрын
I know this was a year ago but I miss high school English lmao I used to love answering questions like these The first two quotes are disturbing because the ritual sacrifice has become so normalised that people view it as a boring everyday event that's nothing more than a slight inconvenience. It's disturbing that children throw pebbles because they're being taught that stoning their friends and family to death every year is normal and being desensitised to senseless violence, so that they will grow up to carry on the tradition, even though many people are not sure of the tradition's origins or purpose anymore. The fact that Nancy and Bill laugh could be attributed to relief but also the idea that everyone in this story is selfish to some degree and only cares about not drawing the slip of paper themselves, including Tessy. Although, it could also be because complaining about this ritual is seen as disturbing the peace. If they showed their discomfort, they would probably be chastised and told to get the stoning of their mother over with.
@vincentjohnalinojan263 жыл бұрын
2021 anyone
@t.o.m_is_a_writer3 жыл бұрын
Listening to this while on a road trip
@smotoboy3396 жыл бұрын
thanks for helping me with hw
@markuskoefoed-scherff98114 жыл бұрын
I really like this story - said no one ever
@archiesimpson51724 жыл бұрын
I've read it 3 times. Once for middle school, once as an undergrad, and once just for "fun". It's not an enjoyable story, but it sure is a fascinating one.
@Cat-magician-n9n11 ай бұрын
I can say that, actually
@potato55154 жыл бұрын
"in what way does the setting affect the story? Does it make you more or less likely to anticipate the ending? Explain your answer " SOMEONE HELP I-
@viviana54794 жыл бұрын
alayssa? LMNAO
@potato55154 жыл бұрын
@@viviana5479 YES
@potato55154 жыл бұрын
@@viviana5479 LMFAO LOL I-
@viviana54794 жыл бұрын
shizuku BAHAHAHAA
@potato55154 жыл бұрын
@@viviana5479 i- I HATE THIS DUDE I DIDNT EVEN DO IT
@lorainerainraingoaway4 жыл бұрын
Reading the comments are far more interesting than the story.
@nLjstar3 жыл бұрын
can’t believe I got to read this story 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@nathanogunwobi85903 жыл бұрын
Ikr couldn’t be me
@cannedCPU Жыл бұрын
Tfw South Park has lead me to so much good literature and media
@abequibelangelo52292 жыл бұрын
Grade 9 student be like :
@cassie22203 жыл бұрын
Watching at 1.5x speed 😌 I know damn well I ain’t spending 20min listening to Walmart hunger games-
@itzyellowbaby55534 жыл бұрын
Bruh I’m here fo my fuckin friends 9th grade homework 🤣🤣🤣
@emmabaskin50634 жыл бұрын
Everyone is here in middle or high school and I’m here in college
@shelbzlive80484 жыл бұрын
I’m in 8th✨😂
@neidr21004 жыл бұрын
I’m doing this in DC English, so basically college so I feel that
@gerin_chan54724 жыл бұрын
sino pang pinoy na naririto dahil sa homework,,itaas ang kamay🙋🏼♀️😂✌️
@silentseashelllistener38184 жыл бұрын
Was The Hunger Games inspired from this?
@eliottrogers54944 жыл бұрын
So the story said that the population has to be over 300 and since they reached the max they do the lottery
@kaivorb3 жыл бұрын
Not sure if it would help, but here's a version with the teacher explaining and reading the story to a class. Might help it make more sense - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eofMmXhngLSJepY.
@cookiesCBM3 жыл бұрын
Omg thank you so much!!! Helped me understand it better!
@skyei57184 жыл бұрын
Everyone else : homework Me: doesn't have the attention span for a story more than 20 mins long
@kathrynpepper22034 жыл бұрын
Wow, was not expecting that!! 😬
@jasontodd11414 жыл бұрын
senior here. you are not alone folks
@LeBozo7524 жыл бұрын
Fuck. I have to stop reading comments and start paying attention