THE LOTTERY
Published on Dec 10, 2015
Very minimal because of lack of space in Haiku Deck.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SHIRLEY JACKSON WAS BORN IN THE EARLY 1900 SAN FRANSISCO
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SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE AMERICAN AUTHORS. HER MOST POPULAR WORK, BEING THE LOTTERY.
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the lottery is about a small village
that HAS AN ANUAL LOTTERY THAT HAS A STRANGE PRIZE
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The lottery takes place at the start off summer
everyone participates. The chosen citizen is stoned to death.
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One key play in the story is Tessie Hutchnenson,
shre is chosen for the lottery against her will
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There are several characters yet.
the protagonst everyone in the village.
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The antigonist is the lottery
its self. If you see it a certain way.
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Plot
- Expedition: The Morning of.
- Rising Action: Getting ready to draw a name
- Climax: Tessie is chose
- Falling Action: Tessie screams for life
- Resolution: Tessie is stoned by her own child you.
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The tone of the store is eirie and foreshadowing.
The authour builds you up to think one thing yet its really the other
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"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny"
the setting is sweet and delightful which is what the author uses to trick the reader
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"and the other boys soon followed his example
SELECTING THE SMOOTHEST AND ROUNDEST STONES" This is Foreshadowing within the story
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a major conflict is "old ways" vs "new"
some like to keep with tradition and others would like to move on from here
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Literary terms
- Irony - It is ironic that everyone "loves" the lottery but hates to be picked
- Imagery - There is imagery of pain and fear in the last scene of Tessies stoning
- Allegory - The whole story is a allegory to be read to show people how many of us follow tradition blindly.
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A current relation to reality are people who like to FOLLOW WHAT
OTHERS DO BECAUSE THEY THINK IS cool and they want to be a part of something
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