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"The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, composed a very long time before its first production, on June 26, 1948. The story portrays an anecdotal residential area which sees—as do numerous different groups, both expensive and little, all through contemporary America, a yearly custom is known as "the lottery". It has been portrayed as "a standout amongst the most popular short stories ever". On the off chance that you like short, however remarkable stories, this is one of that kind.
This line comes from "The Things They Carried" by Tim O Brien when he served in Vietnam. The term hard vocabulary to contain terrible softness simply reflects what he has done to serve in Vietnam. In times of war, it is not good to be internally soft as it may serve as weakness to enemies. Therefore, hard vocabulary refers to the words that one would say to himself and others in order to project strength and hide softness or weakness inside.
