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The Lottery and Other Stories
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The Lottery and Other Stories is a 1949 short story collection written by Shirley Jackson.The only collection of her stories to appear during the author's lifetime, this book deals with the darkness that lies under seemingly normal, ordinary life, most notably suburban neighborhoods and the big city. Themes such as racism, sexism, the societal roles of women and children, and supernatural forces are presented and critiqued.The collection's most famous story is "The Lottery", first published in The New Yorker in 1948, which concerns a seemingly normal small-town ritual that suddenly and horrifically turns deadly. Jackson received much hate mail for it, it caused many readers to cancel their New Yorker subscriptions, and it was briefly banned in some places. Now, however, it's seen as well-written and chilling critique on the pointlessness of violence and has been heralded as one of the best American short stories ever written.The original title for the collection was The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris. And, indeed, characters named James Harris or at least similarly named ones appear or are referenced in nine of the stories. | |
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The Ghost: Both the James Harris characters in "Of Course" and "The Daemon Lover". Notably, in the first story, he is at least confirmed to exist, while in the latter, it's debatable if he ever existed at all. Charles in "Charles", who is apparently the rowdiest kid in our narrator's son's kindergarten class. He doesn't exist at all. | |
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Big Rotten Apple: Features heavily in "Pillar of Salt" and "The Tooth". | |
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Both the James Harris characters in "Of Course" and "The Daemon Lover". Notably, in the first story, he is at least confirmed to exist, while in the latter, it's debatable if he ever existed at all. | |
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Hypocrite: Our narrator's mother and grandmother in "Dorothy and My Grandmother and The Sailors" are terrified of sailors despite the fact that a member of their family, Oliver, is one and they treat him with nothing but respect and admiration. | |
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Either/Or Title: The original title for the collection was The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris. | |
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