The Lottery by: Shirley Jackson (1944)
1. What foreshadows that something odd is taking place? What foreshadows that something sinister is taking place? What foreshadows that the outcome is dreadful?
2. What is a theme in the story?
3. What ironies are involved in the villagers ideas of fairness?
4. What symbols can you pick out within the story? What do they stand for?
5. What point of view is the story written in? Why do you think the author chose to write it from this point of view?
2. What is a theme in the story?
3. What ironies are involved in the villagers ideas of fairness?
4. What symbols can you pick out within the story? What do they stand for?
5. What point of view is the story written in? Why do you think the author chose to write it from this point of view?