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		<title>The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Explained</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[What if Shirley Jackson explained why no one stops the lottery?Introduction by Shirley JacksonPeople often remember The Lottery for its ending.They talk about stones, shock, outrage—as though the story were a trick I played on them, something meant to startle and then release. But the ending was never the point. It was simply the moment [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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