Themes Though it is a remarkably short piece of fiction, “The Open Window” explores a number of important themes. Mr. Nuttel comes to the country in an attempt to cure his nervous condition. He pays a visit to the home of Mrs. Sappleton in order to introduce himself, and before he gets to meet the matron of tha house, he is intercepted by her niece, who regales him with an artful piece of fiction that, in the end, only makes his nervous condition worse. Appearances and Reality It is no surprise that Mrs. Sappleton’s niece tells a story that is easy to believe. She begins with an object in plain view, an open window, and proceeds from there.
(252) Tessie was excited to participate, “Get up there Bill, Mrs Hutchinson said, and the people near her laughed”. She encouraged her husband to follow the tradition; she encouraged her husband to pull the slip of paper from the black box on behalf of the Hutchinson Family. In the end, Tessie is selected as the winner of the lottery. “Suddenly, Tessie Hutchinson shouted to Mr Summers, “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you.
Develop and discuss a theme for “The Fall of a City.” Does this story have a happy ending or a sad ending? The theme in the short story “The Fall of a City,” is a little bit stereotypical. It has that idea of girls being girly with their dolls and guys being manly in the outdoors. Terry’s aunt and uncle make fun of him because he plays with paper dolls. The story has a meaning that those who mean well for someone might not always be nice.
After reading two of the short stories “The ones who walked away from Omelas” by Ursela K. Le Guin, and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, both stories were similar as well different. The story “The ones who walked away from Omelas” can leave readers questioning, maybe confuse. The story “The Lottery” would have readers more shock. Throughout the essay I will explain the similarities and differences in both stories. These stories were similar because both of the stories started off as an innocent pleasant sunny days, “With a clamor of bell that set the swallows soaring, the festival of summer came to the city.
Then he hears the teacher pronounce the letter "B", Nick starts right away copying her, repeating the "B" sound over and over as he is walking around. Nick is drooling pronouncedly, mom catches up to wipe his face, he did not put up a fight again; just smiled at his mom. I ask Nick's mom why he is drooling so much. She said he is teething, and I reply "that makes sense". Nick walks up to an adult, straightens his arm out with the toy car that he has been holding onto this whole time looking straight at him with a gentle look then giggles.
Family Ties in the Lottery The Lottery by Shirley Jackson begins with a gathering of all of the people living in a small town. We are deceived into believing that this quaint town meeting is just another ordinary, commonplace meeting of all of the townspeople. There seems to be a spirit of goodwill and camaraderie amongst the people. There are many details that lead us to believe that in this town, families are very close. The children are gathered together playing, the men gather to talk, and the women gossip together.
I heard laughing and giggling as they all made fun of him, he was not afraid or embarrassed he simply shut the world out, one of his many talents. I watched as he sat down and cracked his knuckles and took a deep breathe. He surprised the whole school as he played the piece, “Johnny C. Badd”. I remember looking around feeling proud and full of happiness because my brother had showed everyone up, not only with teaching himself piano but being
The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. 'It's true,' he explained. 'When I come home from work I have nothing to say. If she didn't keep the conversation going, we'd spend the whole evening in silence”. (Tanner pg.40) Tannen’s essay was effective because she used logos in the form of Maccoby’s research on child development and how it was used with peer interaction.
Shirley Jackson: Symbolism in “The Lottery” In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson you can see what seems to be a fun game turn ugly. Symbols are used throughout the story to enhance and show the theme of the story. Three symbols that Jackson uses is the setting, the black box, and the characters’ names. They come together to make a captivating story and show how tradition may overpower how a community may feel or want to change. The setting is one symbol used in the story.
At the beginning of the lottery she was energetic and in a pleasant mood, appearing to have to problem taking part in the day’s events which is evident as soon as she arrived to the lottery. “Mrs. Hutchinson came hurriedly along the path to the square, her sweater thrown over her shoulder and slid into place in the back of the crowd. “Clean forgot what day it was” she said to Mrs. Delacroix, who stood next to he, and they both laughed softly” (4). She began to argue the way the tradition was handled by Mr. Summers and the rest of the villagers when it was her family’s name that was drawn from the box.