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A Criticism of
Title: A Criticism of
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 369 | Pages: 1.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
A Criticism of
Due to the lack of conflict and decision in “The Lottery” many readers will find the plot uninteresting, but at the same time the story is influential for each of its readers. Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, prominent figures for the school of New Criticism, compare “The Lottery” to a fable and a parable because of its lack of characterization and broad pattern (250). The author tries to portray “The Lottery” as just a fiction …showed first 75 words of 369 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 369 total…reader reaches the actual awful reality of it all he or she is in true shock. This also shows the reader how each story has two-sides (Brooks and Warren 251).
Works Cited
Jackson, Shirley. The Lottery. Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X Day, and Robert Funk. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice, 1999. 74-79
Brooks, Cleanth. et al. “The Lottery.” Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1959. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Votteler, Thomas. et al. Vol. 9. Detroit: Gale, 1992. 2 50-252.
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