Plot twist: a plot twist is a technique used by authors who try to convey a sudden turn of events. This element is popular in novels, poems, television shows and movies. It can happen in any type of literature since all the literary technique needs to occur is a plot. Here, the plot consists of a man going to a funeral, but in the last sentences, the audience learns he is at his own funeral, which is unexpected. The whole story is built up to be something that the reader thinks it should be, then with the plot twist derails what the reader thinks will happen, into something else. Aside from being famously used in “The Lottery”, Edgar Allen Poe uses the plot twist in “The Purloined Letter”. The short story makes the reader aware there is an
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This technique is used by the author to suggest something in the future that will happen. In a way, it is a warning that the reader will understand once the event that was being “warned” has already occurred. The author will give subtle hints to “tease” the reader about a plot twist that will happen later. Foreshadowing is most used in fiction, for example in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Poe. The narrator hints at the fate of his “friend” by explaining what a shame it would be if his friend were to die. When rereading the story, it is easier to pick up on foreshadowing since you know the plot twist already. The reader will know this relates to the plot twist being that the wake is for him; therefor it makes sense that everyone would know him. The reader might wonder “why would everyone know Jacob?” and later in the story, they would find out why he would be so well known at the wake. Foreshadowing was used in the first part of the story where Jacob gets a headache on the left side of his head. Later, the audience realizes this is because he shot himself on the left side of his …show more content…
Particularly, 3rd person point of view does not follow just one person, but gets an overview of everyone. This point of view leaves the audience in question about what the characters are thinking and usually will involve a plot twist. In “The Lottery” the POV is third person omniscient, meaning the narrator is detached from the story and does not know the character’s thoughts-one of the best decisions made by the author. It is best we cannot hear character’s thoughts so the reader is unaware of the anxious and paranoid thoughts that each character is having while drawing a possible ticket to death. I used third person point of view here so the audience is unaware that the main character is ironically going to his own wake. Inside Jacobs head, he is aware the wake he is going to is his own, but the audience is left to question it. Aside from stories read in class, “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant shows the same point of view. It was important to use third person in this because there could be no judging each character’s actions when they make an unfavorable decision. Although 3rd person POV has strengths and weaknesses, it was a successful literary technique used in “The Lottery” as well as my
This technique is used by the author to suggest something in the future that will happen. In a way, it is a warning that the reader will understand once the event that was being “warned” has already occurred. The author will give subtle hints to “tease” the reader about a plot twist that will happen later. Foreshadowing is most used in fiction, for example in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Poe. The narrator hints at the fate of his “friend” by explaining what a shame it would be if his friend were to die. When rereading the story, it is easier to pick up on foreshadowing since you know the plot twist already. The reader will know this relates to the plot twist being that the wake is for him; therefor it makes sense that everyone would know him. The reader might wonder “why would everyone know Jacob?” and later in the story, they would find out why he would be so well known at the wake. Foreshadowing was used in the first part of the story where Jacob gets a headache on the left side of his head. Later, the audience realizes this is because he shot himself on the left side of his …show more content…
Particularly, 3rd person point of view does not follow just one person, but gets an overview of everyone. This point of view leaves the audience in question about what the characters are thinking and usually will involve a plot twist. In “The Lottery” the POV is third person omniscient, meaning the narrator is detached from the story and does not know the character’s thoughts-one of the best decisions made by the author. It is best we cannot hear character’s thoughts so the reader is unaware of the anxious and paranoid thoughts that each character is having while drawing a possible ticket to death. I used third person point of view here so the audience is unaware that the main character is ironically going to his own wake. Inside Jacobs head, he is aware the wake he is going to is his own, but the audience is left to question it. Aside from stories read in class, “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant shows the same point of view. It was important to use third person in this because there could be no judging each character’s actions when they make an unfavorable decision. Although 3rd person POV has strengths and weaknesses, it was a successful literary technique used in “The Lottery” as well as my