“Soft Laughter” Can Show Group Tension
Very specific responses to humor helps clue readers into a situation.
Content Warning: Violence, Death
There isn’t a whole lot of humor about a lottery where the winners are stoned to death. However, that doesn’t stop Shirley Jackson from having the townspeople participating in this gruesome annual activity laugh throughout her short story “The Lottery.”
Though it may seem counterintuitive, laughter makes sense in this incr…
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