RESTRICTED SECTION: SHORT STORY DISCUSSION

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"THE LOTTERY" SHORT STORY DISCUSSION
(the book discussion is above this discussion)


It's time for the two readings discussions!


Rules, Regulations, and Points:

This discussion will run much like the debates held in the main community. To earn points, be sure to heed the following:
-The comment is at least five sentences long.
-The comment stays on topic. No personal attacks or arguments will be tolerated.
-The comment is signed. If you accidentally forget to sign it, please delete the comment and repost it with your name and house in it. No name/house= no points.
-Remember to comment with your subject in the subject line. Like "Christine/Phantom," for example. That way, people can more readly track discussions.

Points will be awarded as follows:
-10 points for your first comment (this will only be awarded once. Not twice, once for each discussion)
-50 points to the top commenter, one in the novel and and one in the short story discussion.
-40 points for second, one for novel and one for short story discussion
-30 points for third, one for novel and one for short story discussion.



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

Anna M // Restricted Section Mod

Comments

Re: dehumanization

[rocknrollpixie.livejournal.com]

That's true I suppose, because no matter how you're brought up, if you had any kind of love for your mother, you wouldn't stone her to death. And if you had any love for your children you wouldn't eneter them in the lottery... Is their happy family 'love' just a two faced lie then? I reckon so.

Also, all the crowd were saying out loud how they hoped it wasn't that 12(?) year old girl. Whereas I bet they were actually thinking that if it was anyoe other than them then they'd be happy, including the girl. I strongly suspect that they'd stil not have hesitated to stone the young girl if she was picked anyway.

Pixie // Hufflepuff

Re: dehumanization

[possibilities.livejournal.com]

See, that's tricky. It's hard to say they didn't have any love. "Love" is a damn hard word to define, and I don't think it's fair to say, point blank, that the entire society lacks love for parents. Maybe there isn't love there, but I've always been uncomfortable with the idea that we can decide completely that there isn't.

Maybe as far as the child (and his society) is concerned, he does love his mother. Maybe they just have really different definitions than we do. Even if the love is different, can we say it doesn't exist, when it might? (Or does that even matter to the discussion? I don't know. I just wanted to bring it up. I know I mentioned it briefly in an earlier comment.)


- Becker, Slytherin