Have you ever been in a situation that you have been heart broken or you felt it Was unfair ? In the short story "The lottery" by Shirley Jackson has two main themes which is unfairness and heart broken. This story is about the lottery except it's not actually about winning the lottery it's about getting your name chosen from a black box and once you are chosen you go to the next round and the next. If you win the final round you get stoned to death.
First of all the first theme in the lottery is unfairness because the main character didn't think it was fair her husband got to pull the card out of the bucket. Also it could be unfairness because everyone doesn't know anything except there village in the world.
Although, unfairness is a pretty big theme I think the bigger them heart broken the reason why I say that is because if you have to stone your friends or family it must hurt to sit there , and watch them get stoned to death. since the bigger the rock the bigger the friendship could also mean knowing you ended your friends life that your rock could have been the rock that knocked them out. To sit there and watch the pain that you give your close family, friends.
In conclusion even though this story I think is a sad story, it also has a great meaning to it and the themes have a great meaning to it too.
I thought you did well thinking of the main themes. Although you could have have had stronger support. Overall Great job!
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