The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

·         How does Jackson use the mention of “stones” in the first few paragraphs to set a subtly ominous tone?

Of course the author made a subtly mention but full of cruelty. Bobby Martin and his friends don’t seem like commons children, they seem like angels of the hell. They knew what will happen in the “lottery” with those “smoothest” stones; however they were gathering the stones making jokes and laughing at the same time. I think the author tried to gives us a specific context of a rare and gloomy environment of that town.

Samuel Butler

“Belief, like other moving body, follows the path of least resistance”

He suggests that everybody prefer to take the popular way, because it can give you the trust to be support by others.

I’m disagreeing because I think that everyone has to take decisions based on his or her knowledge and experience, otherwise it will show you like someone insecure.  

Issues of obedience and authority

When we were creating the presentation we thought that  lin can show better the point of be totally obedient, because she is from china and they have a more strict education. Also, I prepared the opposite situation because I like to take more risk in life; I think, if you want to reach amazing goals you have to lost your fear and keep going. 

After this issue, I reinforced my idea of authority. In the early part of your life you have to be really fortunate of have good parents, because you are 100 % dependent   of what your parents decided. But when you grow up, you can take your own decision and you have to because in a different way you will be living all the time behind of the shadow of your parents, and the world could lose a great person