Lesson 43

Today’s Agenda Discuss “The Lottery” Literary Devices Today’s Objective: Students will be able to apply short story unit skills to Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”

10 min: Groups (worksheet) Characters Prepare for quiz!

Entry Slip Were you surprised by the ending of the story? Why or why not? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer. You must incorporate at least one quote from the story. Don’t forget to include the title of the short story, punctuated correctly. Also, remember to use the author’s last name (Jackson) when referring to her.

Literary Devices Foreshadowing Symbolism Irony Plot Conflict Point of View Literary Devices

Foreshadowing What does FORESHADOWING mean? Author hints at or alludes to something that will happen later in the story. What are some examples of FORESHADOWING in the story? “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones.” Foreshadows the stoning “…and the stool was put in the center of the square and Mr. Summers set the black box down on it. The villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between themselves and the stool…” “A sudden hush fell on the crowd as Mr. Summers cleared his throat and looked at the list.” They grinned at each other humorously and nervously.” “…went hastily back to this place in the crowd where he stood a little apart from his family, not looking down at his hand.” “…greeted Mr. Summers gravely…” Foreshadows the townpeople’s nervousness

Symbolism What do you think these things represent? The Black Box Evil/Death Outdated Tradition "The black box grew shabbier each year: by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color, and in some places faded or stained."  The Lottery Foolhardy tradition that is passed down from generation to generation Characters’ names: Do you think Shirley Jackson selected some of the names purposefully? If so, which ones and what do they reveal?

Character Names/Symbols Summers: The Lottery takes place during the summer Summer usually feels warm, happy, enjoyable Irony Graves: Man who brings out the box… gives reader a hint of what will be coming next Foreshadowing Dellacroix: In French means: “Of the Cross” Biblical reference to Martyrdom/Sacrifice Allusion Tess is sacrificed to the ritual “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon” Notice!!! Dellacroix picks up the biggest rock at the end of the story Davey Hutchinson (youngest son): Symbol of lost innocence and cruelty of the ritual

Irony What is an example of IRONY in the story? How is this ironic? The day is pleasant, “clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.” How is this ironic? Reader expects the story to be happy and it is far from it. What type of IRONY is this? Situational Identify additional examples of IRONY.

Plot Diagram - Structure How is this story organized? Exposition Learn about the tradition of the lottery in this small village sometime around 1950-1960 Inciting Incident Mr. Summers starts the lottery process Rising Action Names are called and slips are drawn Climax Tessie Hutchinson draws the “winning” ticket. Falling Action Tessie Hutchinson pleads for mercy Resolution Tessie Hutchison is stoned to death.

Plot Diagram Climax Rising Action Falling Action Resolution/Conclusion Exposition Resolution/Conclusion Inciting Incident

Conflict Find at least 2 examples of conflict within “The Lottery” What kind of conflict is it (Internal/External) If external, what category does it fall under? Character vs character Character vs nature Character vs society How do you know (Text Evidence)

A couple examples (There are more!) Old Man Warner snorted. "Pack of crazy fools," he said. "Listening to the young folks, nothing's good enough for them. Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live hat way for a while. Used to be a saying about 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.' First thing you know, we'd all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. There's always been a lottery," he added petulantly. "Bad enough to see young Joe Summers up there joking with everybody." Character vs. Society Character vs Character People began to look around to see the Hutchinsons. Bill Hutchinson was standing quiet, staring down at the paper in his hand. Suddenly. Tessie Hutchinson shouted to Mr. Summers. "You didn't give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn't fair!" "Be a good sport, Tessie." Mrs. Delacroix called, and Mrs. Graves said, "All of us took the same chance." "Shut up, Tessie," Bill Hutchinson said.

Point of View What are the FOUR POINTS OF VIEW? 1st 3rd limited 3rd omniscient 3rd objective What is the POINT OF VIEW of this story? 3rd OBJECTIVE Why not limited or omniscient? Author doesn’t want the reader to know what any characters are thinking to keep the ending a surprise!

Theme It is dangerous to blindly follow tradition. (The world’s creepiest public service announcement against peer pressure.) Provide support from the text.

Quiz

Our Own Lottery Create family units of 4-5 students. Determine the head of household. Heads of households draw first to determine the “winning” family. “Winning” family draws to determine the sole “winner.”

Exit Slip How did the story compare to what you envisioned when your read “The Lottery”? Focus on: Setting Characters How they looked How they acted