READING IN ENGLISH: Superstition and tradition

READING IN ENGLISH: Superstitions and traditions.

I recommend a short story by the American writer Shirley Jackson. She wrote it in 1948.

It´s shocking and will make you reconsider your ideas about traditions.

You can read it here:

http://sites.middlebury.edu/individualandthesociety/files/2010/09/jackson_lottery.pdf

Besides, you can watch  a short film based on the story (1969).

Si lo prefieres puedes leer el relato en castellano aquí:

http://www.ciudadseva.com/textos/cuentos/ing/jackson/la_loteria.htm

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