In at least one hundred words, discuss how Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" can be viewed as a statement about the historical events that happened a few years before the story’s publication in 1948. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Which sentence has a correctly placed participial phrase? a. we read about a pizza on the menu covered in pepperoni. b. covered in pepperoni, we read about a pizza on the menu. c. we, covered in pepperoni, read about a pizza on the menu. d. we read about a pizza covered in pepperoni on the menu.