alt Hacker News> Is it an allegory for something deeper than what it is.
I've always taken it to be a critique of the draft, aka "the lottery."
> Is it an allegory for something deeper than what it is.
I've always taken it to be a critique of the draft, aka "the lottery."
This is the typical interpretation.
I remember a question in English class asking what I think this could be about given the context that it was right after the war.