1. (T) One of the themes portrayed in the story is, tradition isn’t always right. Everyone in the story follows this terrible tradition of stoning someone to death every year. Even though it’s meaningless everyone still follows it because “there’s always been a lottery”. The people choose to keep the tradition, even though the real reason for the dreadful lottery taking place is unknown. This can reflect on society today, because sometimes people follow customs without considering if it’s right or wrong. People often do this, because they’re either peer pressured or afraid to attempt to change the way they live. This theme shows that sometimes keeping the same traditions aren’t always right.
2. (SMI) At the beginning, the story seems to take place in a normal town. The author uses the imagery of describing a summer day makes the story start off with a positive note. The description of the women’s clothes (house dresses) suggests that it was taken place when women were mostly housewives. The mood is …show more content…
(F) The box’s poor condition can hint at how long the village has been doing the lottery. Another thing is that the box is black. Black is often associated with death and other unfortunate things. This foreshadows at the outcome of the lottery and how the box has been used to sentence a person to death every year for a long time. The box’s imagery in the story can give clues to the reader of the lottery’s brutal result.
8. (CX) Tessie winning the lottery is the beginning of the climax. The conflict between Tessie and the village grows more intense when Tessie becomes the “winner” of the lottery. At this point, the reader is waiting for the “reward” of the lottery and wonders why Tessie isn’t happy to be winning the lottery. As Tessie starts protesting it gets more suspenseful and the reader can infer by now the lottery isn’t a good thing. The falling action then takes place when the villagers gather stones and the story ends with Tessie being stoned to
2. (SMI) At the beginning, the story seems to take place in a normal town. The author uses the imagery of describing a summer day makes the story start off with a positive note. The description of the women’s clothes (house dresses) suggests that it was taken place when women were mostly housewives. The mood is …show more content…
(F) The box’s poor condition can hint at how long the village has been doing the lottery. Another thing is that the box is black. Black is often associated with death and other unfortunate things. This foreshadows at the outcome of the lottery and how the box has been used to sentence a person to death every year for a long time. The box’s imagery in the story can give clues to the reader of the lottery’s brutal result.
8. (CX) Tessie winning the lottery is the beginning of the climax. The conflict between Tessie and the village grows more intense when Tessie becomes the “winner” of the lottery. At this point, the reader is waiting for the “reward” of the lottery and wonders why Tessie isn’t happy to be winning the lottery. As Tessie starts protesting it gets more suspenseful and the reader can infer by now the lottery isn’t a good thing. The falling action then takes place when the villagers gather stones and the story ends with Tessie being stoned to