#thelottery

[eric-sadahire]

The lottery gives you a 1 in 200 million chance you're not going to work tomorrow.

Alcohol gives you 1 in 5.

[mdsc951]

🎂🎈🎂🎈🎂 Happy Birthday #SalliRichardson! She Is 55 Today! #ALowDownDirtyShame #AntwoneFisher #IAmLegend #BlackDynamite #TheLottery🌹#SalliRichardsonWhitfield (at Black Hollywood BCI) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClXLBV4v5IY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[tanzmitmirsblog]

The Cask of Amontillado, “The Lottery”, “A Rose for Emily”, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and “The Minister's Black Veil”

   “The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later, one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature," says Oscar Wilde, then “Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” Mark Twain adds with these words. Discovering the dark side of human nature, as famous thinkers have said, is not that difficult. If he is stubborn for his sake, mankind will not be ashamed to show his dark side. We can clearly comprehend this dark side of humanity that is meant to be told in short stories like “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Lottery”, “A Rose for Emily”, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and “The Minister's Black Veil”.  

    In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, Edgar Allan Poe talks about Montresor's vengeful feeling for the Fortunato. In this story, he deals with vindictiveness. Here he describes the vindictiveness and ego of human nature that arises from opposite emotions such as love and hate. Again, like vindictiveness, hate drags people to the edge of the abyss. It is an emotion, the more one hates a person, the more his heart is resentful. Love sometimes symbolizes the dark side of human nature because sometimes obsessive love forces a person to do all kinds of evil and in this case disastrous things can happen. Despite the fact that her name means "the lucky one" in Italian, Fortunato meets an unlucky end as the victim of Montresor's vengeance. In the short story "The Lottery", we see the danger of blindly adhering to tradition, that is, bigotry. This is another dark side of humanity. If a person only sees in front of him and does not look around, but plugs his ears, this is about his blind attachment to something and often does not end well. Villagers punish someone at random, and the victim is condemned for no other offense than drawing the wrong piece of paper from a box. Another side that makes human nature look bad this time is tradition is against change and we realize this in the story “A Rose for Emily”. Emily herself is a tradition, remaining consistent throughout time despite the various changes in her town. In many respects, it was a mixed blessing. It reflects traditions that people wish to maintain and revere as a living monument to the past; nevertheless, it is also a burden and is entirely cut off from the outside world, nursing idiosyncrasies that others may not comprehend. We have always argued that unpleasant feelings are the dark side, but can goodness be toxic at times? The story of A Good Man is Hard to Find can be a good example of this. God has the capacity to admit even terrible people to paradise, which he does by bestowing grace on them. Grandma might be a candidate for grace. He lies to his grandkids, manipulates his son, and continuously harps on the past's present and his superiority's inadequacies. She doesn't recognize herself and appears to be ignorant of her surroundings. The grandmother, confident in her own moral superiority, feels she is the appropriate person to assess the well-being of others, as well as the correct person to educate others on how to conduct their life. He does, however, have an intrinsic moral weakness. And to talk about our latest story, we examine the seemingly harmless but rather harmful aspects of humanity. These are prejudice and hypocrisy. We see them in the foreground in the story "The Minister's Black Veil". The irony is that the villagers' trial of Mr. Hooper eventually proven hypocritical. After chatting and speculating about the choice to wear the veil, the villagers, thinking that "his conscience tormented him for a crime too horrible to be entirely covered," learn that the veil also symbolizes a crime for which they are also responsible. The veil, as Mr. Hooper stated on his deathbed, signifies concealment, one's "most heart" inclination to protect. In his farewell address, he furiously criticizes his treatment, saying, "Why do you shudder at me?... tremble at each other too."

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[mileshyman]

“The Lottery, title page”, the original charcoal drawing shown here with digital color proof. From my graphic novel adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s short story, published by Farrah, Straus & Giroux/Casterman. The original art is part of the upcoming solo show “Miles Hyman, Narrative Images” at the Philippe Labaune Gallery in Chelsea, New York City, opening this Thursday, May 13th. #drawing #graphicnovel #thelottery #shirleyjackson #galleryopening #chelseanyc #philippelabaunegallery #newyorkcity (at Chelsea, Manhattan) https://www.instagram.com/p/COp4mHoBVlO/?igshid=1f1zu4es2j4m8

[swordandboardllc]

I read and loved The Lottery once as a kid, and I adore The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix. So naturally when it came to my latest book haul, a collection of Shirley Jackson novels and stories was a must. Want to help fund a novel? Become a Patron today! Link in my bio. * * * #book #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #reading #read #readersofinstagram #disabledwriters #writersofinstagram #bibliophile #writing #writeeveryday #authorsofpatreon #writersofpatreon #blackbook #classics #thelottery #thehauntingofhillhouse #shirleyjackson (at Orange County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSF-jOnl4c5/?utm_medium=tumblr

[eastberlin]

#noirlifestyleprompts day 7: ritual. Inspired by “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. #inktober #inktober2019 #thelottery https://www.instagram.com/p/B3hv-mUj0hA/?igshid=1osutjjmx0zob

[ladymacabrebeth]

Cancel culture is a virtual collective unconscious where a mob banishes a group or an individual for an action they have committed — deemed unacceptable by a loud minority. But one thing we might like to consider is that this herd is possibly projecting their worst traits to the targets of the witch hunt.

Lady Macabre Beth

[tenebraerick]

Since it is this amazing woman’s birthday today: #shirleyjackson #thehauntingofhillhouse #thelottery #wehavealwayslivedinthecastle https://www.instagram.com/p/CXeD-kMJWyF/?utm_medium=tumblr

[geekbroll]

That time Malcolm Barrett played a lottery genius on Monk.  . . Monk S07E03 Mr. Monk Gets Lotto Fever - August 1 2008 Malcolm Barrett as Malcolm O'Dwyer . . Malcolm Barrett is the go to guy when your show needs a guest star who is an eccentric genius.  . . #MalcolmBarrett #monk #mrmonk #mrmonkgetslottofever #primevideo #peacocktv #peacock #lotto #usanetwork #thelottery #malcolmodwyer #adrianmonk #redstring #redstringwall #betteroffted #timeless #timelessnbc #dearwhitepeople #preacher #fjhoover #genius #RufusCarlin #saverufus #LemHewitt #randydisher #JasonGrayStanford #tedlevine #CaptainLelandStottlemeyer #CaptainStottlemeyer #LelandStottlemeyer (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD-mUywht_v/?igshid=1gsgcysvizac6

[amlitlover]

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”

Shirley Jackson, best known for her controversial short story "The Lottery", died today in 1965. https://americanliterature.com/author/shirley-jackson

[iambescottfree]

#A #digitalpatterns #thelottery #lotería #ART4U ART ART for you By @iambescottfree #Primarycolors #nostraightlines #ScottFreeArt #Scott #S #Baker #b #n #love #with #ScottSBaker #digitalart #photography #trippy #scottfreeidea #ScottFreeAdvertising # #abstractart #abstractartist #Abstract #abstractrealism # # #architecture #SanMigueldeAllende # #artgallery #Mypaint #Mybrush (at San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCzWiTlYRk/?igshid=5yvd44b7prxg

[matteohudson]

Now Listening: The Used - Heartwork. #theused #theusedheartwork #paradiselostapoembyjohnmilton #blowme #bigwannabe #bloodynose #wowihatethissong #mycacoon #cathedralbell #1984infinitejest #gravitysrainbow #cleancutheals #heartwork #thelighthouse #obviousblase #thelottery #darknessbleedsfotf #tofeelsomething #2020 #2020album #emo #screamo #posthardcore #poppunk #alternativemetal #nowlistening #nowplaying https://www.instagram.com/p/B_dBH_Jo9hX/?igshid=14g6jzzb1enx6

[emonroe]

The Lottery By Shirley Jackson. #thelottery #shirleyjackson #reader #readersofinstagram #book #bookstagram #booklover #bookworm #bookstagrammer #booknerd #bookaddict #booksofinstagram #bookobsessed #bookcommunity #bookphotography #bookcollection #booklove #bookaholic https://www.instagram.com/p/B9llV_-hcBD/?igshid=16ydpl11fcj9k

[mileshyman]

Opening tomorrow! “Miles Hyman, Narrative Images” at the Philippe Labaune Gallery in Chelsea, New York City featuring original art from my graphic novels and a series of new paintings. #oilpainting #drawing #graphicnovels #gallery #newyorkcity #chelsea #thelottery #shirleyjackson #theblackdahlia #jamesellroy #thepraguecoup #jeanlucfromental #castermanbd #dupuis #airelibre #rivagesnoir #titancomics #archaiacomics #philippelabaunegallery @philippe.labaune.gallery (at New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/COxv2JChiyp/?igshid=18ncv6ghqq9kq

[rexic0rn]

#WorldBookDay2020 #ReadingOnTheTrain #ShirleyJackson #TheLottery #GraphicNovel https://www.instagram.com/p/B9b0wUbhD5T/?igshid=rw8zodui0xng

[thebeerwanderer]

Doing some easy reading tonight with a Ridgeway Warm Welcome brown ale. #thebeerwanderer #craftbeer #madisonpourhouse🍻 #shirleyjackson #thelottery (at Madison Pour House) https://www.instagram.com/p/B77W8LspvZw/?igshid=5e5rjeb14stf