The Lottery: Examples Of Literary Terms, And A Journal Entry Essay

A.1) The tone, mood or atmosphere in the story begins with that of happiness and euphoria, by setting us up with a wonderful twenty-four hour period that approximately e trulyone would enjoy. (Quote The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer daypg147 )However, later on in the story, it takes a different tone, and by the very end the tone is that of panic, disdain and fear.(Quote It isnt fair, it isnt right, Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her. pg 155 )2) The dispute in this story is individual versus environment (society) And to a lesser extent, person versus person.(Quotes I tell you it wasnt fair, you didnt give him time adequate to chose. Everybody saw that. pg154 Be a good sport, Tessie, Mrs. Delecroix called, and Mrs Graves said, All of us took the same chance.pg153 )3) The point of view is semi-omniscient.4) One example of indicate in this story is when Tessie is late to the draw and everyone is picking on her, this shows you that she is more of a main character and that she is going to come up later in the story.(Quote She came hurriedly into the squareClean forgot what day it was pg150 )Another example is when she gets picked the for the initiatory draw, this again shows us that she is going to come up later in the story again with an important part. And it also re-assures us that the previous foreshadowing was true.(Quote People began to look around to see the Hutchinsons. Bill Hutchinson...