I will be doing a close reading on, “The Lottery”, and the text that I chose is above which is when one of the characters ended up getting stoned after playing the lottery. At first the story started off with a nice setting, it was very descriptive and it gave the audience a sense of feeling that the story was going to be one that ended with a happy ending, but instead it was a tragic one. The detailed words that were used in the beginning of the story were used to get our attention, for example; “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny with fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green”.
(Page 701) This sentence definitely caught our attention because since the title was named, “The Lottery”, we got a feeling that people got together to enjoy a fun day playing the game, but behind the story someone was going to get killed. …show more content…
The lottery was presented by the black box which was also a custom that the people establish. Without the black box, the lottery couldn’t go as planned because the black box symbolized the whole meaning behind the tradition of playing the game. “Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black
(Page 701) This sentence definitely caught our attention because since the title was named, “The Lottery”, we got a feeling that people got together to enjoy a fun day playing the game, but behind the story someone was going to get killed. …show more content…
The lottery was presented by the black box which was also a custom that the people establish. Without the black box, the lottery couldn’t go as planned because the black box symbolized the whole meaning behind the tradition of playing the game. “Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black