The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
You would probably think the story is about luck, as the title indicates “The Lottery”. Everything seems alright, plain and normal until we see Mrs Hutchinson is stoned to death. The prize for the “winner” is death or sacrifice. When you reach to the ...
評分The short story Lottery is the classic work of famous American novelist Shirly Jackson.It narrators the story about the people of a small town held an aniversal activity of lottery , and the person who got the lottery would be hit to death by stones for t...
評分The dark side of human beings (superstitious brutal and inhumanity of one’s lives). Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. Old man Warner said stoutly about some places have a...
評分看似美好的lottery,結局齣人意料
评分一個那麼凜冽,那麼震撼的故事。一個我不喜歡的故事。卻是必然讓我思考的最多的故事。
评分雪莉老師的cult之旅!~
评分這樣的故事很多~
评分看到結尾毛骨悚然,對集體社會和民主的絕佳諷刺。不論是怎樣由多數人統治的民主社會,人內心的善惡都不會改變。而在作者眼裏,人性無疑是惡的。對他人苦難的袖手旁觀,或是投以石頭取之性命。很少這麼說,但是我認為是必讀的短篇小說,總是我個人對這種揭露人性之醜惡的作品非常喜歡。
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