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This masterful short story initially deceives, then shocks the reader into the realization of the dynamics of scapegoating. Its value lies in this narrative technique which dramatically engages the reader in the textual process such that the reader participates in ....

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.... scapegoats for the broader collective. They are also important in interactions with the identified patient's family and in family therapy (see family therapy texts). The cross-cultural and transcultural nature of scapegoating is explored in Sir James Frazer's "The Golden Bough"; and the underlying structure is elaborated in René Girard's "Le bouc émissaire." "The Lottery" also serves well to illustrate the role of literary theory in literature and medicine, particularly reader response theory, hermeneutics, and narratology. In “The Lottery”, one of Shirley Jackson’s most famous short stories, we are made familiar with her chilling sense ....