the lottery

Characteristics（蔡嘉懿）

Bobby,HarryJones,DickieDelacroix,BobbyMartin:

naïve,curious,(reprentsforthenewgenerationthataredestroyedbythefeudatorial

thoughts.)

s:

Pitiful(Forhehadnochildrenandhiswifewasascold),

Traditional,numb(summersreprentsforthetime),

brutal(“‘Allrightfolks.’said,‘Let’sfinishquickly’.”)

energetic:directcharacterization(“whohadtimeandenergytodevotetocivicactivities”)

:

calm,rious,polite,rational

Baxter:

powerful,young,energetic(“Baxter,cameforwardtoholdtheboxsteadyonthestoolwhileMr.

Summersstirredupthepapersinsideit.”)

Warner:

Old(theoldestmaninthevillage),

brutal,（OldManWarnerwassaying,"Comeon,comeon,everyone."）

conrvative,“OldManWarnersnorted,"Packofcrazyfools,"hesaid."Listeningtotheyoung

folks,nothing'ingyouknow,they'llbewantingtogobackto

livingincaves,nobodyworkanymore,beasayingabout

'LotteryinJune,cornbeheavysoon.'）

numb,"Seventy-venthyearIbeeninthelottery,"OldManWarnersaidashewentthroughthe

crowd."Seventy-venthtime."

stubborn"Nothingbuttroubleinthat,"OldManWarnersaidstoutly."Packofyoungfools."

nson:

tragic,(She“won”thelottery)

helpless,(sfeeling

sadorunfairforher)

lfish（askedtoletherdaughterjointhecondroundoflottery）

/oix:

chilling,hypocritical,(nsonsofriendlybeforeshewaspickedtobethe

,shechoabigstonetokillher“friend”.)

brutal(shechoabigstone)

Waston:

brave,lovehismother,responsible(drawthelotteryforhismother)

:

Daretoquestion,awareofthebadofthelottery,("Theydosay,"aidtoOldMan

Warner,whostoodnexttohim,"thatoverinthenorthvillagethey'retalkingofgivingupthe

lottery.")

NancyandBill:

coldanddetached,lfish(Astheywerehappywhentheyknewtheywerenotgoingtodie)

Devices:（蔡嘉懿）

ctcharacterization:Forexample,Warner,horushiswordsto

describehimasabrutal,conrvative,numb,stubbornman.

“OldManWarnersnorted,"Packofcrazyfools,"hesaid."Listeningtotheyoungfolks,

nothing'ingyouknow,they'llbewantingtogobacktoliving

incaves,nobodyworkanymore,beasayingabout'Lottery

inJune,cornbeheavysoon.’”Here,hebelievedtheadvantagesoflottery,keepingtheold

conceptioninsteadofacceptingnewideas.

(1)“oixsaid,"You'reintime,'restilltalkingawayupthere."

"Seemslikethere'snotimeatallbetweenlotteriesanymore,"oixsaidtoMrs.

Gravesinthebackrow."Seemslikewegotthroughwiththelastoneonlylastweek."

Fromthequotation,nson,but

usironictonetoexpress

thedetestofthefolkswhobelieveinoldtraditionandcriticizesboththetraditionsandfolks

oix.

(2)“Delacroix--thevillagerspronouncedthisname"Dellacroy"”theoriginalmeaningof

“Delacroix”istheCrosswhichreprentsfor“Christianity”.Then,authorusironyof

people’smistakeofpronouncingthatwordtocriticizetheirmisunderstandingofChristianity

bydoingLottery.

tion

(1)“s,"Youdidn'tgivehimtimeenoughtotake

'tfair!"”

"Itisn'tfair,itisn'tright,"nsonscreamedandthentheywereuponher.

Here,nsonstating“unfair”to

terpassthemessageofthebadoftheLottery

throughemphasizingthepain.

(2)Theblackbox

Theauthordescribetheblackboxoverandoveragaininordertocriticizetheold

traditionthroughtherepetitionoftheblackbox.

ize

(1)isthenameofonemaincharacter.“Summer”isthesymbolofyearsand

passingtimewhichisalsoironicallyrevealingthatthefolksarenumb.

(2)theoriginalmeaningof“Delacroix”istheCrosswhichisthesymbolfor

“Christianity”.Then,authorusironyofpeople’smistakeofpronouncingthatwordto

criticizetheirmisunderstandingofChristianitybydoingLottery.

(3)Thename“Graves”isthesymbolofdeath.