RESTRICTED SECTION: SHORT STORY DISCUSSION

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"THE LOTTERY" SHORT STORY DISCUSSION
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It's time for the two readings discussions!


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Discussions will end Friday, March 24th. This will give you all two full weeks for discussion. Don't hesitate to ask me any questions!

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Comments

Re: dehumanization

[acidroses.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think of the great examples of that is the little boy at the end helping in the murder of his own mother. I mean, it's his mom! However young he is, you would still think he'd understand that. That scene is just so disturbing. At this point, I don't think he see her as a human anymore, much his mother.

Tina // Ravenclaw

Re: dehumanization

[possibilities.livejournal.com]

I think those kids are a product of their raising. They're raised by parents who kill people. Their older siblings kill people. They learn by watching these people that they are one day going to kill people.

I've always imagined the kids waiting for the day like they would a special day with Grandma helping cook a special meal, or a day with Grandad doing "repairs". It's a symbol to them that, even as kids, they're getting to participate in their future adult world. Sometimes, killing Mom is just part of that adult world. So, in the moment,the excitment of participation overwhelms the idea that he is killing his mother, you know? He probably doesn't understand what he's doing, not really.


- Becker, Slytherin

Re: dehumanization

[rocknrollpixie.livejournal.com]

That's true, I suppose it wouldn't seem wrong or abnormal to him if that's the world he's gown up in. He probably expected it of himself and maybe even looked forward to the day he coudl take part. How worrying.

What that part really did remind me of was young men in tribes having to pass rituals to become a man of the tribe. Unfortunately, in this tribe/town, this is done by stoning someone to death.

Pixie // Hufflepuff

Re: dehumanization

[angelofstrange.livejournal.com]

I think it's a GREAT way to explain that day, as something that look foreward to yearly. The time that they take to pick the rocks they're going to use and putting them in to piles just waiting. They protect their little stack of rocks because it's like a birthday to them, they get to grow up a little. And it's also a great way to explain desensitizing that they see all the other people do it yearly and it's something that they look foreward to participating in one day, to be able to pull for their family if they make it to being old enough to get to.

Jen//Hufflepuff