The lottery
Who gets chosen as the winner in the lottery.
AV
Tessie Hutchinson
Who is the author in the story "The Wife's Story"
AV
Ursula K. Le Guin
What does Sergei hit Yonatan with in the head.
AV
He hit Yonatan in the head with a stove burner.
What is the climax of "What, of This Goldfish, would you wish?
JL
The climax being when Sergei kills Yonatan.
Death
What was the setting in the lottery?
-G. S.
A sunny day in spring.
What is the plot twist in the story.
The narrator and her family are actually wolves, while the husband is a human being.
Where does the story take place?
-G. S.
Some place in Israel
Name the literary device used.
In the story "The Wife's Story" the narrator gives us clues before her husbands transformation such as him coming home late, smelling strange, and their daughter being afraid of him.
AV
Forshadowing
What does the black box represent in the lottery.?
Old traditions
What is an example of foreshadowing in the story.
AV
When the boys gather stones into a pile in the town square hinting towards a violet event such as Tessie getting stoned.
what starts making the wife suspicious of her husband?
He begins acting strange and changing
What motivated Yonatan to enter Sergei's house?
CG
Yonatan's Documentary
what is the main problem in the story called?
conflict.
what does the stones symbolize in the lottery?
CG
violence and cruelty.
How does the atmosphere in the story seem ironic.
AV
It is ironic because in the beginning the narrator makes it seem as if it was a normal sunny day knowing they are going to kill someone towards the end of the story.
what surprise do we learn about the family?
CG
That their wolves.
What is the author's name
Jl
Etgar Keret
what is it called when the author gives us clues before something happens in the story.
foreshadowing.
What does the lottery box symbolize
JL
It symbolizes a tradition that makes people act cruelly to one another
why in the lottery do the people throw rocks at the person who pulls the dot on the blank paper?
es
they continue to do a tradition because people don't want to speak up
Why is the ending surprising?
CG
The husband is actually transforming to a human.
Towards the end of the story how does Sergei show empathy towards Yonatan.
AV
Sergei uses his last wish to bring Yonatan back to life.
what is the main lesson/messenger of the story called.
theme.
what does sergei's last wish symbolize?
CG
putting someone else before yourself.