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Short story fika: Duty

We had our fourth short story fika yesterday. This time, the theme was ‘duty’ and the stories featured were:

  • The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty
  • The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
  • The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

It was just three of us this time, and we had a great chat about the duties and sacrifices of war, the questioning (or lack thereof) of outdated traditions, and the costs of our increasing reliance on automation in daily life.