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‘VICTIM’ AND ‘THE LOTTERY’
The ‘Victim’ by Oliver Smithfield written in 1975 and ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson written in 1948 rely to a significant extent on their narrative structure to reach the ‘moment of realisation’. In the ‘Victim’ the text is built up to and around the ‘moment of realisation’ for the character (Mickey). In ‘The Lottery’ the text is built up to the ‘moment of realisation’ for the reader. ... Quietly Ras let him know ‘this is not the way’, if these boys could not appreciate Mickey for who he is, killing a lizard, who is yet just another ‘victim’ was not the answer. ...
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The narrative structure in ‘The Lottery’ sets up the reader to expect a positive outcome. ... The whole community gathers together in the town square for this so called ‘Lottery’. ... When someone wins ‘the lottery’ this will be a time for enjoyment, festivities and celebrations. ... Even though the reader is still under the impression that this is a positive story at a certain points you start to wonder what exactly the prize is for the Lottery. Firstly the hesitation of the crowd to come fourth and help Mr Summers with the black box, if this was indeed a ‘Lottery’ you would assume the crowd would be eager to assist. Next, when they are about to start the ‘Lottery’ the tone suddenly changes, Mr Summer is said to talk ‘soberly’ which indicates that this is no time for jokes. Then, when Old Man Warner comments ‘Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon’ this leads the reader to conclude that the prize must have something to do with the harvest. At this point the reader starts to become a little curious and eager to move on with the ‘Lottery’ to see what the prize is, still unaware of what lies ahead. ...
When Mr Summers is going through the instructions of ‘the lottery’, the people are said to be ‘quite, wetting their lips, not looking around’, then the first name is called ‘Adams’.
Approximate Word count = 1644
Approximate Pages = 6.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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