Print out, read, and annotate The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a short story about a village with a very strange tradition. The whole town gathers together and each household draws a paper, and if you pick a certain one, your family must choose again. One person in the household will get that paper again, and then the village stones them to death. Something that occurs more than it should in America is mass shootings. I don't know if this would be considered a tradition, but it does share similarities with the lottery tradition in the village. In both occurences, people are killing for no reason at all. Some shootings are done by students, for example the Columbine shooting. This shows a loss of innocence that you also see in the short story when the children are throwing the stones. If you wanted to read more about mass shootings in America, here is the link to an article I found: The Math of Mass Shootings. Every year, my mom's side of the family comes over on Christmas Eve. Family is something very important to me and it is something I value very much. Every year Christmas Eve always ends in a screaming match between my mom and her brother, and they end up leaving and it never really ends well. As much as I love my family this is a tradition I don't think we should keep. My father and I both agree on this, but since we don't see my moms family too often, the tradition stays. Christmas is approaching, and I think this year should be very interesting. Over the summer, I got into a bit of trouble. When my moms brother found out, he called me nasty names and said I deserve everything coming to me. As much as this hurt me, I still am going to treat my uncle with respect this Christmas eve. Hopefully this tradition of fighting every year turns into a tradition of being happy with my family.
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