What Is The Mood Of The Lottery By Tessie Hutchinson
The lottery
1. Describe the mood the writer creates and support this description with evidence.
The story starts with the sentence: “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.” By starting with this sentence the writer creates a cheerful mood. The writer also creates a curious mood. When I read the part where the writer describes the moment were the pieces of paper are being grabbed, I had a feeling that I wanted to keep reading
2. Describe 2 characters and why they are relevant in the story
I’m going to describe Mr. Summers, because he was kind of “leading” the lottery. Mr. summers is a man who takes care of a lot of activities like the square dances, the teen club and the Halloween program. He was a round-faced, jovial man and he ran the coal business. People felt sorry for him, because he had no children and his wife was a scold. …show more content…
Her husband won the first draw, and the twist of the story was all about her, because she got bombarded with the stones. I think she is relevant in the story because the most important part of the story is the twist, and Tessie plays a big role in the twist.
3. Explain your feelings about the title
The title of the short story is “the lottery” and when I think of a lottery, I think of people winning big prices and money, but in this story the winner doesn’t get a nice price. So your first impression is that it is going to be a nice story about a lottery, however it turns out that the “lucky person” isn’t that lucky at all. So I expected the story to be very different than that it actually
1. Describe the mood the writer creates and support this description with evidence.
The story starts with the sentence: “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.” By starting with this sentence the writer creates a cheerful mood. The writer also creates a curious mood. When I read the part where the writer describes the moment were the pieces of paper are being grabbed, I had a feeling that I wanted to keep reading
2. Describe 2 characters and why they are relevant in the story
I’m going to describe Mr. Summers, because he was kind of “leading” the lottery. Mr. summers is a man who takes care of a lot of activities like the square dances, the teen club and the Halloween program. He was a round-faced, jovial man and he ran the coal business. People felt sorry for him, because he had no children and his wife was a scold. …show more content…
Her husband won the first draw, and the twist of the story was all about her, because she got bombarded with the stones. I think she is relevant in the story because the most important part of the story is the twist, and Tessie plays a big role in the twist.
3. Explain your feelings about the title
The title of the short story is “the lottery” and when I think of a lottery, I think of people winning big prices and money, but in this story the winner doesn’t get a nice price. So your first impression is that it is going to be a nice story about a lottery, however it turns out that the “lucky person” isn’t that lucky at all. So I expected the story to be very different than that it actually