Dystopian Characteristics
This is a perfect, peaceful society.
What is a utopia?
The protagonist in "The Pedestrian" (full name)
Who is Leonard Mead?
The person chosen in the lottery (full name)
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?
This environment repeatedly appears in the story.
What is the veldt?
A loud, rowdy classroom could be described with this word.
This is a society marked by oppression, control, and injustice.
What is a dystopia?
Three reasons Leonard Mead looks suspicious.
What is walking alone at night, not having a wife, and not having a TV?
The object that symbolizes dangerous tradition.
What is the black box?
This setting appears repeatedly in the nursery.
What is the African veldt?
Something that appears from time to time is this.
What is intermittent?
This is the name of the dystopian characteristic where citizens are constantly watched by those in power.
What is surveillance?
The year this story takes place.
What is 2053?
The children gathering stones early in the story is this literary device.
What is foreshadowing?
The nursery seems to replace this.
What is parenting / discipline / family relationships?
A short trip taken for fun is this.
What is a jaunt?
When a government uses false or biased information to influence citizens, this is called:
What is propaganda?
The amount of years Leonard Mead has been walking at night without meeting another person.
What is 10 years?
This person arrives late to the lottery and says, "Wouldn't have me leave m'dishes in the sink, now would you, Joe?"
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?
This is the last name of the family in the story.
What is Hadley?
To diversify something with other things.
What is intersperse?
When citizens are pressured to think, act, and behave the same way, this is called:
What is conformity?
The full name of the place Leonard Mead is taken at the end.
What is the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies?
At the end of The Lottery, this person picks up a stone so large he has to use both hands.
Who is little Davy Hutchinson?
These are the 2 things the psychologists recommends in the story.
What is tear down the nursery, and have the kids see him every day for a year?
A rushed assignment done with little effort is this.
What is perfunctory?