Reading week 7

This week's story was "The Lottery" and I really liked it until the end. First of all, it reminded me a lot of the Hunger Games, which makes me wonder if it inspired the opening to choosing ceremony in the book. I half expected Bill to volunteer as tribute in the end.  I liked that it didn't outright say what the lottery was for in the beginning, because that would have ruined everything. The only thing that kept me going through the story was that I wanted to know what would happen if you got picked in the lottery. The story was actually a little infuriating in the beginning because I was like "shut up and get to the point!!!!" but that's the reason the story was interesting. The only thing that really bothered me is it never explained why they were stoning people to death based on a lottery. I guess it's tradition, but that doesn't seem like a good enough reason. Also, they are a little too excited about it, with the children gathering stones and everyone coming out it. But, like the hunger games, I guess it's all based on the excitement that it's not you, not your family that is suffering.