The Story is: “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Pick two conflicts (make sure you name the type of the conflicts […]
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In what way is the title, “The Lottery”, misleading? Why would the author want to trick the reader by having amisleading title?
THE LOTTERY by SHIRLEY JACKSON The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a fullsummer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o’clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 26th. But in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o’clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner. The children assembled first, of course. School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them; they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play, and their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, of books and reprimands. Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets fullof stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones; Bobby and Harry Jones and Dickie Delacroixthe villagers pronounced this name “Dellacroy”eventually made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarded it against the raids of the other boys. The girls stood aside, talking among themselves, looking over their shoulders at the boys, and the very small children rolled in the dust or clung to the hands of their older brothers or sisters. […]
Read and write a 1-2 page paper on the villain of the book:Who is presented as the villain, but may not be the true villain?
The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson Your job is to read and write a 1-2 page paper on […]