Summary Of The Lottery: An Unreliable Narrator
* Withheld information
“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a story that withholds information. The withheld piece of information is what the lottery actually is. The lottery is an annual tradition where the people pick a piece of paper out of a box and the one who picks the piece of paper with a black dot is stoned to death. The author, however, does not reveal what happens after the papers are picked until the end of the story. The withholding of information makes the reader wonder what the lottery is and this creates suspense. This in turn keeps the reader absorbed in the story.
* Unreliable narrator
The story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe has an unreliable narrator. The narrator is unreliable because Montresor is paranoid
“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a story that withholds information. The withheld piece of information is what the lottery actually is. The lottery is an annual tradition where the people pick a piece of paper out of a box and the one who picks the piece of paper with a black dot is stoned to death. The author, however, does not reveal what happens after the papers are picked until the end of the story. The withholding of information makes the reader wonder what the lottery is and this creates suspense. This in turn keeps the reader absorbed in the story.
* Unreliable narrator
The story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe has an unreliable narrator. The narrator is unreliable because Montresor is paranoid