The purpose of fiction is to entertain and sometimes educate. Occasionally, one may read a fictional story based around actual events or ideas. The author may write this type of fiction with the purpose to educate the reader. In The Lottery, the purpose of author Shirley Jackson is to place focus on tradition and raise […]
Short stories are crafted by authors who have great imaginations. Short stories consist of everything that is involved in novels and books (plot, resonance, and other dynamic components that may be found in a novel, but not to that degree). Do not be confused by the term short story, some short stories are also called […]
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Get startedMotif is a recurring concept that has significance in literature. In The Lottery, there are two key motifs that support the concept of how dangerous it is to blindly follow tradition. The first motif, family, is significant to the lottery because it later emphasizes the killing’s cruelty since family members turn against each other so […]
Heading into the final weeks of the semester, we read a few short stories written by various authors. We read “The Flowers,” by Alice Walker, “The Pedestrian,” by Ray Bradbury, “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, and “To Build a Fire,” by Jack London, along with a few others. Among these short stories, it was noticed […]
