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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 The Lottery and Story of an hour Comparison How is the plot structured to create an effect on the reader's mood? What does the short story say explicitly and what inferences can you make? What is the theme/central idea of the short story? How does language use and word choice contribute to the tone? Opposing will on another person is never a goodor right thing to do. EvenWhen it is done unin-tentionally Story of an Hour People are reluctant to change and sometimes blindly support traditions despite how ridiculousis may be The Lottery There is not much characterdevelopment in this story.The main development is in how the characters feel thruthe story, nervous and thenexcited when they find they aren't the 'winner.' The characterization does a better job of supporting thetheme Old man Warner for exampleis one of those characterizedas sticking with the tradition and not wanting to let it go. Hedoesn't even question for a second the Lottery and fullysupports it. How do the character(s) develop over the course of the short story in order to advance the plot and develop the theme Story of an Hour The Lottery She goes from a sadnessto extremely happy. During theprocess she fights the feelingoff, probably because it has been so long since she has felt it thatit is alien to her. This reallyemphasizes how awful herrelation with her husband was,and it is assumed it was a submissive relationship Thereason her relationship wasbad was because she couldn'tlive for herself while someoneelse controlled her will -"lines bespoke of repression" (referring to Mrs. Mallard's face)-"this thing that was approaching to posses her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been"-"She would live for herself..no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence..." "'pack of crazy fools' [Old Man Warner] said 'listening to the young folks...Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves" Both authors overall use the plot to give the reader a very mixed feeling by the end.. Both start out in a calmer tone thatdoesn't feel excited or happy, but more gloomy orserious. They then transition into a feeling suspense, and nervousness. Mrs. Mallardhas an unfamiliar feeling reaching out toher, and there's the suspense of who will win the lottery. The lottery suddenly gives the reader a fearful or worried feeling due to Mrs. Hutchingson having a negative reaction to'winning' the lottery, despiteit seemingto be a good thing. Unlike the Lottery, the reader feels a suddenjoy along with the maincharacter Mrs. Mallard. both end with the unexpected death of the character which make the reader feel shocked or mixed The word choice and language use stay relatively the same the whole story. The things that mainly changes are the description of the actions taking place. There is less conversationand mostly action stated simply with not much detail.For example, the drawing feels longer and side conversationsare added on the side along with names of each person. But at the end, there are no conversations, simple statements and actions double click to changethis text! Drag a cornerto scale proportionally. Story of an Hour The Lottery The Lottery It tells directly us that the Lottery has been around for a while. Parts have been lost and the drawing box is in bad shape. We also know that despite Mr. Summers wanting to change certain parts the towns people deny it.We can infer that the towns people do not want to change the tradition, but also don't want the tradition to be refreshed by the re-building of the black box. The towns people fear what the box brings due to them keeping their distance. They also do not care about the lottery as soon as they know it's not them. "When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills" "She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead." Story of an Hour "Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death." "...[The box] was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color, and in some places faded or stained." "The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago... the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before...the oldest man in town, was born. Mr. Summers spoke frequently...about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box." "The villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between themselves and the stool." We are explicitly told that Mrs. Mallard has heart trouble and her husband has died in a railroad accident. We are also know that her sister and Mr. Mallard's close friend Richards have come to tell her the newsIt is inferred that Mrs. Mallard's relationship with her husband was submissive, or possible an abusive one. It is also partially inferred that no one else knows about this relationship since Her sisters and Richards are unaware that her husband's sight caused her death and thought him alive was too much for her heart to handle instead. We are explicitly told that Mrs. Mallard has heart trouble and her husband has died in a railroad accident. We are also know that her sister and Mr. Mallard's close friend Richards have come to tell her the newsIt is inferred that Mrs. Mallard's relationship with her husband was submissive, or possible an abusive one. It is also partially inferred that no one else knows about this relationship since Her sisters and Richards are unaware that her husband's sight caused her death and thought him alive was too much for her heart to handle instead.
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