The Lottery

I enjoyed the suspense of the story written by Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."  It was not until Tessie Hutchinson started to yell out that the drawing was not fair and that her husband did not have time to choose that I became suspicious.  Up until that point I thought the drawing was for how each individual was going to participate in their community, a way in which each individual could help better the village.  However, from that point on I felt it was something bad but I did not know why.  Once I got to the end of the story and realized that the person who drew the paper with the black spot was to be stoned, it made me believe that we just got done reading a story that took place during the times of the Salem Witch Trials. 

The foreshadowing of the boys picking up and laying out stones was brilliant!  I did not catch it at first but when I reminisced about the story it really intrigued me how Shirley allowed us to see into the end of the story before getting to it!  I love stories that give twists and turns like this story did, which makes sense why I also really enjoy stories told by Alfred Hitchcock and/or the Twilight Zone.