Shirley Jackson was famously tight-lipped about her story's theme, leaving her audience confused, disgusted, and angry—but also incredibly intrigued! In this discussion, you'll work with your classmates to ask, and answer, questions that will help you to unlock the theme of the story. Take a look at Arnold's post.

Here's a question I have: I really think Old Man Warner is an important character to analyze if we wish to discover the theme. Why is his reaction to the lottery so very different from everybody else's? Why does he react so strongly (even angrily) to one woman's timid observation that "some places have already quit lotteries"?

Poses at least two questions that will prompt your classmates to think critically about the story's theme.

the answer is:

when will (v) the books (n) be (v) due?

nouns refer to people (other than pronouns), places and things, whereas verbs describe actions and are usually part of the predicate of a sentence. finally, pronouns can work as nouns and identify the participants in speech.

in the example sentence, "will" is a verb part or auxiliary verb, "be" is an infinitive verb and "books" is a plural noun.

which sentence refers to a dynamic character?

b.

a man learns empathy after working with those he formerly judged.

hope this answers your question!

which detail from "home place retold" supports the central idea that despite physical changes, watonwan is a special place for generations of people?

great great-grandchildren retell the story of early days. .

young families worked hard to build a life.

those matches might seem surprising in modern times.

in 1881, more than 50 such families fled religious persecution. .