There are many ways that a reader can be prepared for the ending of a story, in “A Rose for Emily” and “The Lottery” they use the narrational stance, imagery and foreshadowing to prepare the reader for the ending. The narrational stance in “A Rose for Emily” was third person biography, which is defined as a single character point of view in which the narrator was is not involved with the story and the narrational …showed first 75 words of 998 total…

…showed last 75 words of 998 total…the rest of the villagers. My final point is the value of how the story is told, and its value lies in this narrative technique which dramatically engages the reader in the textual process such that the reader participates in the act of scapegoating through identification with the townspeople. At the same time as he comes to this realization, he is struck by the perils of too early closure on the interpretation of a narrative.