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After reading the story of "The Lottery," by Shirley Jackson for textbook of "Making Literature Matter" please answer the following questions clearly and completely, using complete sentences. Please provide support and explain your answers.
.1. The story has a surprise ending. At what point in th story do you suspect that there was something "wrong?" Why?
2. Which TWO elements of the story does Jackson use most effectively "setup" this ending? How?
3.. How does what the reader NOT know make this story work?
4. Why has this "lottery" continued for so long?
5. Name an issue that could be the basis for an essay on "the Lottery." Why?
Discussion Post: The Lottery by Jackson
The Lottery is surprising. It is normal to think that any lottery winner is meant to benefit from winning. It is ironic that in the town, the Lottery winner does not stand to benefit anything, but the winner has nothing to rejoice about; the winner is the one who gets sacrificed. The people are hiding their fear, and u think of their innocence.
The two main elements that stand out in the story by Jackson is the use of Suspense and foreshadowing. There is Suspense by withholding explanation relentlessly and does not seem to reveal how the Lottery is natured. It is until the first stone that the reader understands the story. Foreshadowing is also used in this story as in the second paragraph; children are putting stones in their pockets and heap them in the town square; it seems innocent acts but rolls...
