Question

Which quote from "The Morning of June 28, 1948" best supports the conclusion that the public strongly disliked "the lotttery?"

"This, as any writer of stories can tell you, is not a usual thing"

"Your story has kicked up quite a fuss around the office"

"Later that day there was a call from on of the magazine'sitors; they had had a couple of people phone in about my story, he said to say if there were any more calls?"

"One of the most terrfying aspects of publishing stories and books is the realization that they are going to be read, and ready by strangers."

Answer 1

I think the answer is C.

Answer 2

The best answer here would be C: "Later that day there was a call from one of the magazine editors; they had a couple of people phone in about my story, he said to say if there were any more calls?" The second best answer from the choices would be B: "Your story has kicked up quite a fuss around the office."

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because these two options, but particularly C, shows the bad reaction that readers had towards Shirley Jackson´s "The Lottery", and which was explained by the author on her smaller "The Morning of June 28, 1948" and "The Lottery", which was published in 1983 by Ann Charters. The reaction, to say the least, was even aggressive and this is what Mrs. Jackson relates in the smaller story. The situation got so bad, that the author almost wished that she had never published the story, and the fact only changed a few years after, when the story was taken up by others and transformed for television, plays, and other arts.