"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
What was in the black box?
JN
The lottery papers
Who´s the Author of the story?
Jv
Ursula K. Le Guin is the author.
Who´s the author of the story?
Jv
Etgar Keret is the author.
Why did Sergei hate cameras?
JM
Because of his past.
why were kids picking up rocks/stones
sb
to sacrifice the lottery winner
who hosted the lottery
SB
mr.summers
What type of person was he before his wife found out?
bp
He was a good husband/father
name a main character in the story
JM
Sergei
Why did Mrs. Hutchinson try to convince Eva to draw?
sb
She wanted to narrow her chances of drawing the black dot.
what are two words that the narrator uses to identify her family?
JM
Marriage and Kids
Where did the lottery take place?
JN
In the middle of the town
Where did the husband and wife meet?
Jv
Spring lake.
Where did the story take place?
bp
Israel
Why did Mrs.Hutchinson start going crazy after her husbands draw?
JM
Because she thought that it was rigged.
Where did Yonatan find his Arab?
Jv
He found the Arab in Bethlehem.
What would happen if they won the lottery?
JN
They would get killed and get rocks thrown at them.
What would he tell his wife he was going to do when he left?
bp
Hunting
What was Yonatans idea when knocking on peoples doors?
JN
To make a documentary
What does the goldfish symbolize
bp
Hope and the power of wishes
how did they punish the winner of the lottery
bp
by throwing rocks at them
What day was it when the lottery took place and what was the climate?
JN
It was on June 27th and it was sunny.
what type of irony is in the story?
jn
dramatic
What did Sergei use his first wish on?
Jv
He used it when his sister had lung cancer.
why does the story ending change the readers understand the husband
JM
ending reveals that the wife is a wolf and the husband is a human
How does the villages vocabulary mask the horror of the ritual? And what does it suggest about humanity?
JM
It masks the horror by turning the ritual into a routine.