Tag: The Lottery
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Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” as an Indictment of Government/Industry Collusion
In her short story, “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson symbolizes the power of “big business,” in collusion with the government, to control the private citizens. She published it in 1948, not a particularly strong year for anti-industry rhetoric. Earlier American authors were a better fit for that subgenre, with novels like The Octopus: A Story…