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In her story The Lottery, Shirley Jackson implies the negative consequences of blindly following tradition through the acceptance, by the villagers, of the

The essay draws parallels between this story and modern works like The Hunger Games and discusses how The Lottery incorporates themes of

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the lottery word count Essay Description: This essay will examine the three major themes in The Lottery, which are