AGENDA
1. Grammar Lesson
2. Read "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
3. Note Taking and Annotating
HW: Actively read “Saboteur” by Ha Jin.
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
“The Lottery”
by Shirley Jackson
1. What is the POV? What is the position from which the narrator sees and describes the events?
2. What would the story be like if it were omniscient POV? With the first person? Could the story be as suspenseful?
3. Does the conclusion of “The Lottery” seem to come as a surprise? Were there hints earlier in the story of what was to come?
4. A scapegoat, in the ritual of purification described in the Old Testament, was an actual goat that was released in to the wilderness after having been ceremonially heaped with the “iniquities” of the people. What traces of such a ritual are suggested in this short story? Can you think of any other kinds of rituals that are retained today even though their purpose is now remote or even nonexistent?
5. Is “The Lottery” a horror story or a surprise story, or neither or both? Explain.
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