Shirley Jackson didn't write any stories about towns where nothing happens. Survival of the fittest twist.
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U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 2 days agoread shirley jackson’s “the lottery” and tell me a) how was their tradition an “experiment”; and b) how did it “work”?
AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 days ago
NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 days ago
I’m not comparing actual tradition (setting up the Christmas tree to celebrate the passing of the shortest night) with a made up story.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
ok…how was the “real” tradition of christmas (which stole the original tradition of the tree) an “experiment,” and how did it “work”?