The Lottery (short story)

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:anthology
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Lottery_(1969_film)
gptkb:The_Lottery_and_Other_Stories
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:1969
gptkb:film
gptkbp:allows banned in some schools
gptkbp:art_movement post-war literature
gptkbp:author gptkb:Shirley_Jackson
gptkbp:awards nominated for awards
gptkbp:cast gptkb:Larry_Yust
gptkbp:character gptkb:Mrs._Delacroix
gptkb:Old_Man_Warner
gptkb:Bill_Hutchinson
gptkb:Drew_Hutchinson
Mr. Summers
gptkbp:character_development static characters
gptkbp:climax the lottery drawing
gptkbp:conflict individual vs. society
gptkbp:critical_reception controversial
gptkbp:cultural_impact discussions on conformity
gptkbp:cultural_references often referenced in popular culture
gptkbp:genre gptkb:film
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Lottery (short story)
gptkbp:influence American literature
gptkbp:influenced social commentary in literature
subsequent horror stories
film and television narratives
gptkbp:influenced_by modernist literature
gptkbp:inspiration ritual sacrifice
gptkbp:inspired the concept of scapegoating
the term 'lottery' in cultural contexts
gptkbp:is_critical_for examined in literary studies
gptkbp:length gptkb:anthology
gptkbp:literary_devices irony
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Tessie_Hutchinson
gptkbp:motif community and isolation
gptkbp:narrative_style third-person
omniscient narrator
gptkbp:plot_twist the true nature of the lottery
gptkbp:product_line “ The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny.”
“ It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,” Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her.”
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:The_New_Yorker
gptkbp:published_year 1948
gptkbp:reader_demographic shock and horror
gptkbp:setting mid-20th century
a small village
gptkbp:subject moral implications of tradition
gptkbp:symbol stones
gptkbp:symbolism the black box
gptkbp:theme gptkb:award
gptkbp:themes the dangers of blindly following tradition