Character
Who says, "It isn't right! It isn't fair?" In what story?
Tessie Hutchinson from "The Lottery"
Name a symbol from "The Lottery" and what it symbolizes.
Box, stones, households
Who or what is the main antagonist in “Once Upon a Time?” Explain.
Answers may vary
"Probably right under our noses" - Character & Context, Themes & Significance
Police Officer as they eat the murder weapon- dramatic irony
When the lottery is actually something BAD and not good, this is an example of what literary device?
Situational Irony
This character is given stones to kill his mother.
Little Davy
What is the REAL purpose of the handicaps?
Government control
What is the CLIMAX of “The Lottery?” Explain your answer.
Answers may vary
“If I tried to get away with it, then other people’d get away with it—and pretty soon, we’d be right back to the dark ages again…” Character & Context, Connection, & Theme
George Bergeron- answers will vary
What is an example of dramatic irony from one of the short stories?
Answers will vary
Who or what is the antagonist in "Harrison Bergeron?"
Diana Moonglampers/ society/ the government.
Which story has a "frame narrative" or a story within a story?
"Once Upon a Time"
What is a THEME from “Harrison Bergeron?” Explain. Give TWO examples.
Answers may vary.
"When the man and wife and little boy took the pet dog for its walk round the neighborhood streets... these were hidden by an array of different varieties of security fences, walls, and devices." C&C, connection, & theme.
"Once Upon a Time" narrator. Answers will vary.
What story is a good example of Satire?
"Harrison Bergeron" or "Once Upon a Time"
Which character from which story actually wants to try and address the problem of poverty, but is then dissuaded by the other characters?
The wife/mother in "Once Upon a Time."
"The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal" is an example of what literary device?
Satire (Will also accept verbal irony)
Name one dynamic character. How/why are they dynamic? Give two examples.
Answers may vary.
"Guess we better get started, get this over with, so's we can go back to work." Character & Context, Connection, & Theme
Mr. Summers - desensitized to the violence- a regular, normal occurrence. Answers will vary
What story was written in response to Apartheid in South Africa?
"Once Upon a Time"
What is the role/ purpose of Sam the grocer?
Mary Maloney- she is feeding the murder weapon to the cops- getting away with murder.
“The Lottery” and “Lamb to the Slaughter” are both written during a conservative time in our country. What similar idea are they both critiquing? Explain with examples.
Gender
"YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" Character & Context, Themes, & Significance
Signs on security gates in "Once Upon a Time"
Who became the first black president in South Africa after the end of Apartheid? +100 year?
(Nelson Mandela- 1994)