This story is messed up. From the beginning, I got the feeling that this wasn't the typical lottery. I picked up on the fact that piles of stones and pockets full of stones were mentioned a great amount of times. The townspeople where way too on edge to be in a drawing to win some money.
I definitely liked that the story has that surprise ending. It really points out the flawed thinking of society today. The fact that people would place tradition and superstition as more important than life is just absurd. The fact that the narrator shows no emotion also adds to the horror of the story. It is just a great message overall. I'm very impressed that the author thought of writing the story in this way and about this topic.
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