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Why Does the Lottery Exist?

The other day I posted the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. One of the reasons that I did this is that I like the story. Its chilling and very unexpected the first time you read it. I recalled the story from my high school days because I had been...

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Okay, so I remember reading this short story when I was in high school. I remember it ending “All in all, it had been a weird, weird lottery.” This version doesn’t end that way. Any thoughts? The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the...

Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to...