The section that I will be examining is in The Lottery on the end of page 232 beginning with “After that there was a long pause, a breathless pause…” The first sentence shifts the story into a solemn, uneasy area. If this was in first person it would be “I paused with everyone, not taking a breath.” In contrast with the third person we know for certain that everyone was breathless where without that information our focus would only be one the first person narrator. Then it continues into Mr. Summers confirming time to begin, “For a minute no one moved, and then all the slips of paper where opened.” Since we know for a fact that no one was rushing to open the paper and that they did it together this is where it hinted at that this is not a joyous time for the town. A limited
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Delacroix saying they all took the same chance, and that Bill even tells Tessie to shut up, which would tell us that maybe Bill is wondering why his wife is messing this up for them. Then we have Mrs. Summers just saying how they have to move along and continue the process, they need to hurry up. With the 3rd person narration giving us a lot of description the lack of description for Mrs. Summer’s makes her seem at ease and calm where just seconds before hand no one was at ease. In a first person setting we might have got thoughts explaining why people are acting this way which would have ruined the mystery that the 3rd person chronological view has set up for us. The narrator focuses on Mrs. Hutchinson’s hysterics, “make them take their chance.” Almost all of our focus is on how Tessie is acting, where a first person might have interrupted this sequence with their actions taking away from Mrs. Hutchison’s desperation. Then Mrs. Summers is back explaining gently how the process is fair, as if Mrs. Summers now has the leisure to be gentle and comfortable with Tessie. Where Bill agrees regretfully with her, where it finally shows with certainty that this is
Delacroix saying they all took the same chance, and that Bill even tells Tessie to shut up, which would tell us that maybe Bill is wondering why his wife is messing this up for them. Then we have Mrs. Summers just saying how they have to move along and continue the process, they need to hurry up. With the 3rd person narration giving us a lot of description the lack of description for Mrs. Summer’s makes her seem at ease and calm where just seconds before hand no one was at ease. In a first person setting we might have got thoughts explaining why people are acting this way which would have ruined the mystery that the 3rd person chronological view has set up for us. The narrator focuses on Mrs. Hutchinson’s hysterics, “make them take their chance.” Almost all of our focus is on how Tessie is acting, where a first person might have interrupted this sequence with their actions taking away from Mrs. Hutchison’s desperation. Then Mrs. Summers is back explaining gently how the process is fair, as if Mrs. Summers now has the leisure to be gentle and comfortable with Tessie. Where Bill agrees regretfully with her, where it finally shows with certainty that this is