Which statement best describes the reaction to Shirley Jackson's story "The Lottery" when it was first published? It inspired readers to learn more about ancient rituals of human sacrifice.
It shocked readers when it was first published and inspired much controversy.
It convinced readers that the unknown Shirley Jackson was a writer worth reading.
It prompted readers to write many admiring letters to Jackson.
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they best comparison would be the "Manhattan project" since both had people who thought it was right, or a mark for a new time, understanding, and some who thought it was just horrible

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to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).