•Point of View--"The Lottery" In “The Lottery” the point of view at first can be hard to find, but with a good evaluation it can be found. The author Shirley Jackson uses third person to create the story line of her short story. The narrator does not tell the characters feelings, or what they may or may not be thinking about. The narrator simply explains how the lottery takes place in the small town. The whole story could have been completely different if Jackson used the opinion of one of the town’s people, but instead she choose to use third person to set her short story apart from others.
•Character--"Cathedral"
In the story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver only includes three different, but important characters. A character is an extended …show more content…
To make a setting come alive in a readers head, I feel like the author has to use a decent amount of describing words. In the “Shaw” the author uses similes and metaphors to bring the readers imagination to life. An example of one of the similes is “She looked like a butterfly touching a silver vine.” This describes the electric metal fence that surrounded the concentration camp that the characters were located at. Cynthia used beautiful similes to describe horrifying events that were taking …show more content…
The characters do not loose there cool, even when things begin to heat up. The narrator is explaining a conversation held between a man and a jig. The reader knows little about anything else expect this conversation, along with another man and a woman serving beverages. Ernest Hemingway uses the characters dialog to indicate the tone of the story. From controlled to almost frantic when the woman is asking please over, and over for the man and the jig to stop their conversation. Heming ways style is simple. He does not use fancy words, or elaborate sentences. He is short, and directly to the point . . . no beating around the
•Character--"Cathedral"
In the story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver only includes three different, but important characters. A character is an extended …show more content…
To make a setting come alive in a readers head, I feel like the author has to use a decent amount of describing words. In the “Shaw” the author uses similes and metaphors to bring the readers imagination to life. An example of one of the similes is “She looked like a butterfly touching a silver vine.” This describes the electric metal fence that surrounded the concentration camp that the characters were located at. Cynthia used beautiful similes to describe horrifying events that were taking …show more content…
The characters do not loose there cool, even when things begin to heat up. The narrator is explaining a conversation held between a man and a jig. The reader knows little about anything else expect this conversation, along with another man and a woman serving beverages. Ernest Hemingway uses the characters dialog to indicate the tone of the story. From controlled to almost frantic when the woman is asking please over, and over for the man and the jig to stop their conversation. Heming ways style is simple. He does not use fancy words, or elaborate sentences. He is short, and directly to the point . . . no beating around the