Excellent comparison! I have always adored, “The Lottery” for how shocking and unexpected the premise is. The reader is strung along, only to gasp in horror at the crescendo of the story- unaware that they too have been complacent to the horrors that were about to occur. It’s an excellent foil to many US citizens.
Thank you so very much for putting this out here. The Lottery was horrifying when I read it decades ago and now it seems to have taken real life in these times. Blind acceptance is a killer.
Excellent comparison! I have always adored, “The Lottery” for how shocking and unexpected the premise is. The reader is strung along, only to gasp in horror at the crescendo of the story- unaware that they too have been complacent to the horrors that were about to occur. It’s an excellent foil to many US citizens.
Thank you so very much for putting this out here. The Lottery was horrifying when I read it decades ago and now it seems to have taken real life in these times. Blind acceptance is a killer.