Scribd
Upload
1K views3 pages

TASK 7: Prose in Process

The document provides guidance on analyzing the elements of prose in the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. It includes a graphic organizer to identify the setting, plot, conflict, characters, and point of view. It also lists themes around scapegoating, mob psychology, violence appearing civilized, blindly following tradition, and violence against females in a patriarchal society. A second section asks students to identify sensory images in the story and explain how they make it feel realistic.

Uploaded by

Kuronuma Sawako
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
1K views3 pages

TASK 7: Prose in Process

The document provides guidance on analyzing the elements of prose in the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. It includes a graphic organizer to identify the setting, plot, conflict, characters, and point of view. It also lists themes around scapegoating, mob psychology, violence appearing civilized, blindly following tradition, and violence against females in a patriarchal society. A second section asks students to identify sensory images in the story and explain how they make it feel realistic.

Uploaded by

Kuronuma Sawako
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

TASK 7: Prose in Process

Directions: Listen as your teacher gives you additional inputs about the elements of prose. Identify the elements
of the short story that you have read by filling in the graphic organizer below.

Elements of Prose
Setting:
The Village. The square shaped place between the post office and the bank where
the villagers gather.

Plot:

Conflict: When the villagers look at their parts of paper, Bill Hutchinson finds that he's
holding a black dot slip on it. His wife, Tessie, complains at once that drawing is not fair,
because Bill did not have enough time to choose his slip.
Characters: The Boys; Bobby Martin, Dickie Delacroix, Harry and Bobby Jones ,
Mr. (Joe) Summers, Mr. (Harry) Graves,Old Man Warner,Mr. and Mrs. Adams, The Delacroix
Family, The Watsons and the Dunbars, Mrs. Graves,Mrs. Tess Hutchinson ,Mr. Bill Hutchinson,
The Hutchinson Children; Bill, Jr., Nancy, and Dave,Baxter Martin &Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Point of View: Third Person

Theme:
 In "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson depicts the scapegoat concept as someone blamed for a
society's evils and banished to expel sin and enable for renewal.
 Mob psychology governs the townspeople and gives up their reason to behave with
excellent cruelty.
 The townspeople violence that originally appears civilized and genteel represents the
likelihood of violent acts taking place in any context.
 The townspeople's reluctance to leave tradition and question the ritual of the lottery
indicates the adverse effects of blindly following tradition.
 The victim's female identity indicates violence in a patriarchal society against females.
TASK 6: PICKING OUT OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

Directions: In small groups, identify the sensory images in the story, The Lottery. Explain how these images
help make the story realistic.

SENSORY IMAGES

The flowers were blossoming profusely and the


SIGHT grass was richly green.

Then Mr. Adams reached into the black box


and took out a folded paper.
TOUCH
They tended to gather quietly for a while
SOUND before they broke into boisterous play.

SMELL

TASTE

Setting:
The Village. The square shaped place between the post office and the bank where
the villagers gather.

You might also like