In the story, The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, is written in a historical point of view. “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon. ” Their main food source is corn and to make sure that the corn will come they have to have human sacrifices. If they don’t they say “First thing you know, we’d all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. ” The corn […]

“Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child’s attention,” (Newton N. Minow). To clarify, this quote represents how easy it is to manipulate children’s minds to do exactly what you want. In The fiction short story, “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson children are also manipulated by their elders to carry on the tradition […]