Collect "The Lottery" HW Assignment titled :
3 Questions and Focus Question paragraph that you did for homework last night.
Literature Circle Time in class today.
Please use this period to discuss your novel and to complete and share your LC task for this week.
HW=
1. Read your LC book and work on your assigned task sheet.
2. Typed one paragraph response about "The Lottery" titled Jackson's Warning is due on Monday 8/29/16 at the beginning of the period. Please have it printed before the bell rings to start class or it will be considered late.
Jackson's Warning
What warning does Jackson give readers about the
dangers of tradition?
How does she use symbolism to convey this theme?
In your answer, make sure you:
• Clearly articulate Jackson’s warning
• Identify at least one symbol used by the author and explain how it conveys her theme or warning to readers
Sample Student Response:
Claim: In “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson conveys a warning to readers through her theme by demonstrating that blind adherence to tradition can cause otherwise ordinary and seemingly “good” individuals to commit heinous acts.
Possible Details:
• The lottery happens every year, and no one questions its cruelty or takes a stand to stop it.
• The Black Box symbolizes the townspeople’s adherence to tradition. It is old and decrepit, but they refuse to replace it because the townspeople don’t like to upset tradition.
• The townspeople don’t know why they do the lottery beyond the fact that there used to be a saying that the lottery would bring heavy crops.
• Even as Tessie is being stoned to death, she claims that the drawing itself is unfair; she never questions whether the lottery itself should occur.
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