i read a story years ago in school that was based on a lottery that would allow the winner to go to a fair. on the rides people would be killed. it's a short story. can you tell me the name of it and who wrote it??
2006-08-03 02:25:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
i read the story that ya'll thought it was but that's not it. this one had rides. one person was electricuted in it, the ride was like the gravitron. they put the bodies in black trash bags at the end of the story.
2006-08-07 02:24:25 · update #1
It might be "The Lottery", by Shirley Jackson. the full text is available online at
http://www.americanliterature.com/SS/SS16.HTML
They don't ride rides though, the get stones thrown at them.
PLease Don't believe that is is based on a true story. It is pure fiction, but it is intended to teach us lessons about Blind Obedience and questioning traditions.
2006-08-03 05:22:30 · answer #1 · answered by LEMME ANSWER THAT! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shirley Jackson's "Lottery." and it wasn't a fair, the town actually killed the person as an offering to the gods for a good harvest. It was also mad into a movie. The disturbing this is that this was based on a true story, right here in the US back in the 1930. You can easily get more infor on Google.
2006-08-03 12:07:01 · answer #2 · answered by thesweetestthings24 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
2006-08-03 09:31:12 · answer #3 · answered by 1,1,2,3,3,4, 5,5,6,6,6, 8,8,8,10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's got to be Steven King sounds just like his thing!
2006-08-03 09:30:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget it, try buy some 4D - 5656
2006-08-03 09:30:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats scary
2006-08-03 09:28:37 · answer #6 · answered by ♥OHIO*HONEY♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋