Story Analysis of 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

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Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery seems to resonate with Hannah Arendt's notion of the banality of evil

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second chance mass lottery “The Lottery” can be read as a response to the persecution of allegedly subversive individuals in the face of this rising American nationalism During the Cold Shirley Jackson's The Lottery was banned largely because of its shocking plot twist It's a brilliant study in the history of scapegoating