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The Traditional Scapegoat The Traditional Scapegoat In “The Lottery” author Shirley Jackson writes about a small community’s jovial, yet macabre tradition of gathering together once a year for the sole purpose of stoning one of its own to death. However, as horrific as the story’s climax is, Jackson frames the event under the almost false.
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