The Lottery (Response)

The lottery is a short story written by Shirley Jackson in 1948. At first i thought the lottery means money/ big prizes such as car or even other valuable things but i was wrong. The short story is very creepy where human sacrifice has taken place for many years in order to give thanks to their Gods/ they own beliefs. In this story each year they held an lottery events where later they must sacrifice (stoned people until death) one person because from what they believed that by sacrificing 1 person they can get many corn crops since most of the population are farmers. The interesting thing from the short story is that the author didn't the exact prize from the lottery but instead the author gave the answer at the end of the story (the last dialog). My reaction towards this short story is so shocking however it is one of the most interesting short story i've ever read.