I believe violence and cruelty are the motiviating factors in this ritual. The villiagers enjoy it, especially the women. This can be seen with Tessie trying to sacrifice her daughter, and with Mrs. Delecroix choosing the largest rock. Pure violence for entertainment sake. Or it could be viewed as ...

Phillippa Gregory is also nice.

That was interesting. When you had mentioned the characters' names, I didn't see all of that before. I did get Warner and Graves but not Summers and Martin. What about Hutchinson?

I didn't catch Mrs. Delecrox with the rock. But I did catch Tessie trying to give up her daughter. Just shows you how far humans will go to save their own skin. Let me rephrase that. Some humans. I would rather have myself be stoned then have my 4 month old daughter be stoned. I do think that is is ...

Good Point. When I read your comment, I remembered a line in the story. 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon' That is exactly what it could mean. Later. First thing you know, we'd all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. There's always been a lottery," he added petulantly. "Bad enough to...

I just finished reading The Lottery . My first thought? OMG! That was very strange. I had a sneaking suspicion that Mrs. Tessie was going to be the one who was picked. One of those classic cliches about the squeaky wheel. I don't know if I could have taken it if Little Dave was the one who chose it....

Well, let's start with the Lottery. We could call our little section or discussion group: The Dark Side. I will read it tonight.

I think that is a good starting point. Why don't we start there?

I think that it would be good to have assigned but we can do presentations. We can play it by ear. Suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I would really like to start either a monthly or quartly book discussion on fiction books that have a dark subject matter. Somewhere along the lines of vampires, ghosts, werewolves, magic, the whole bit. Anyone interested?