The Lottery and The Destructors
Vanda V. McCray
Liberty University Online
“The Lottery” and “The Destructor” begin by telling the setting of each story. The purpose of the setting is to set the time and place in the story. It also plays a major role in the success of the story.
“The Lottery”-Shirley Jackson created a mood of happiness and peace at the beginning. For the readers, it created an image that it was just a regular warm summer day in a small town. Flowers were blooming and the people were just moving around as they normally did. It portrayed that it was around the time school was out, because it mentioned the children were out playing. When the time 10:00 a.m. arrived, all the folks begun to gather in the center of the town to begin the annual event called the lottery. By the middle, almost to the end, the story began to take a different form. Once the black box was mentioned it gave the reader a different feeling. A feeling of uncertainty and uneasiness that …show more content…
By reading this story, one can image throughout what everything looked like. Homes and lives destroyed by the bombing. Way of living changed dramatically for the people that lived in this town. The author, Graham Greene, described the setting as being the same from the beginning to the end. And that the people were influenced by their setting. The reader was able to follow without being surprised at the end. Main characters in this story were Trevor “T”-whom became the head gang leader and mastermind. He came from a middle class family whom status declined after the bombing caused by the war. Blackie was the original gang leader. He was not as forgoing as “T”. The most that Blackie did was to steal from people and hop the buses. He was not into destroying homes or things of that nature. Last but not least, there was Mr. Misery, “Thomas”. He was the man that owned the last standing home that was destroyed by the
Vanda V. McCray
Liberty University Online
“The Lottery” and “The Destructor” begin by telling the setting of each story. The purpose of the setting is to set the time and place in the story. It also plays a major role in the success of the story.
“The Lottery”-Shirley Jackson created a mood of happiness and peace at the beginning. For the readers, it created an image that it was just a regular warm summer day in a small town. Flowers were blooming and the people were just moving around as they normally did. It portrayed that it was around the time school was out, because it mentioned the children were out playing. When the time 10:00 a.m. arrived, all the folks begun to gather in the center of the town to begin the annual event called the lottery. By the middle, almost to the end, the story began to take a different form. Once the black box was mentioned it gave the reader a different feeling. A feeling of uncertainty and uneasiness that …show more content…
By reading this story, one can image throughout what everything looked like. Homes and lives destroyed by the bombing. Way of living changed dramatically for the people that lived in this town. The author, Graham Greene, described the setting as being the same from the beginning to the end. And that the people were influenced by their setting. The reader was able to follow without being surprised at the end. Main characters in this story were Trevor “T”-whom became the head gang leader and mastermind. He came from a middle class family whom status declined after the bombing caused by the war. Blackie was the original gang leader. He was not as forgoing as “T”. The most that Blackie did was to steal from people and hop the buses. He was not into destroying homes or things of that nature. Last but not least, there was Mr. Misery, “Thomas”. He was the man that owned the last standing home that was destroyed by the