All of the short stories are written with one purpose a moral lesson. But what makes them different to another form of writing is the literary devices. The literary devices enhance the literature because it gives certain ideas more meaning, allowing the reader to understand the author 's purpose. While there are many literary device that enhance short stories, situational irony, symbolism and the conflict of Man vs. Society are the foundation to the three short stories; “The Necklace”, “The Story of an Hour”, and “The Lottery”.
In Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” situational irony which is the outcome of an unexpected event, emphasis the value of fate. In de Maupassant short story the main characters Monsieur and Madame Loisel are invited to a high class dinner, but because they are poor Madame Loisel has nothing to wear. They spent all their money on a new dress and borrow a necklace which is lost at the ball. The situational irony of this story was that the lost diamond necklace was fake the Loisels spent all their …show more content…
Society is what makes this a short story. The short story is based on a person’s conflict in this case one opinion against the rest. This story is about a society who maintains a tradition of a “Lottery”. The winner of this lottery is stoned to death. Tessi is isolated in the lottery “My daughter draws with her husband 's family; that 's only fair. And I 've got no other family except the kids” (Jackson ). She continued to state “It isn 't fair, it isn 't right” (Jackson 7) as she was being stoned. But a society voice is greater than a single voice. It was a tradition where everyone participated, including kids “And someone gave little Davy Hutchinson few pebbles” (Jackson 7). This conflict was not only the conflict and resolution, but the moral of the story Man vs.
In Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” situational irony which is the outcome of an unexpected event, emphasis the value of fate. In de Maupassant short story the main characters Monsieur and Madame Loisel are invited to a high class dinner, but because they are poor Madame Loisel has nothing to wear. They spent all their money on a new dress and borrow a necklace which is lost at the ball. The situational irony of this story was that the lost diamond necklace was fake the Loisels spent all their …show more content…
Society is what makes this a short story. The short story is based on a person’s conflict in this case one opinion against the rest. This story is about a society who maintains a tradition of a “Lottery”. The winner of this lottery is stoned to death. Tessi is isolated in the lottery “My daughter draws with her husband 's family; that 's only fair. And I 've got no other family except the kids” (Jackson ). She continued to state “It isn 't fair, it isn 't right” (Jackson 7) as she was being stoned. But a society voice is greater than a single voice. It was a tradition where everyone participated, including kids “And someone gave little Davy Hutchinson few pebbles” (Jackson 7). This conflict was not only the conflict and resolution, but the moral of the story Man vs.