The Lottery

The short story, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, was a story I really liked. I had been assigned to read this story in high school but just waited until we saw a short movie version; so it was nice to ‘read’ it again. When I first read the title however I didn’t recognize it as the story I had already read/seen. It wasn’t until the lines in the second paragraph regarding ‘stones’ that I started to remember the story and predict the ending. Once I had decided I was pretty sure it was the same story, I was able to read with more detail. Taking in more than just the plot, I was able to‘re-play’ the movie in my head which made the story very enjoyable, even though it’s not a particularly happy story.