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> Is it an allegory for something deeper than what it is. I've always taken it to be a critique of the draft, aka "the lottery."
by jldugger 5mo ago
> Is it an allegory for something deeper than what it is.
I've always taken it to be a critique of the draft, aka "the lottery."
- z_open 5mo agoThis is the typical interpretation. I remember a question in English class asking what I think this could be about given the context that it was right after the war.
- boisterousness 5mo agoNo draft in 1948.
- jldugger 5mo agoAnd worse, everyone had their memory of it wiped in 1946.