The Monkey's Paw is a story about a mystical charm, a monkey's paw that is brought into the home of the White family by Sergeant Major Morris, who has served in India. The monkey's paw has the ability to grant 3 wishes to 3 people. S.M. Morris was the 2nd owner, the 1st owner's 3rd wish was for deaths'.
While the story of 'The Lottery' embodies several themes, its primary focus is a society's need to reexamine its traditions, especially if they are outdated and savage. The lottery appears to be a ritual sacrifice of a town citizen to ensure good crops, although the word 'sacrifice' is never used in the story.
The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey.
Step 2: Analyze the Story
For this summative, you are going to analyze the short story as well as the main complex character in it.
You can choose to do this in essay form or through Google Slides. I provided samples of both for you to check out!
As outlined in the standards above, here are the things you must do for this summative...
1. Identify the theme (moral/lesson to learn) of the short story, explain it, and provide textual support to prove your opinion 2. Define "complex character," identify who the complex character is in the story, and explain how you know this (textual support) 3. Explain how the complex character develops/changes from the beginning to the end of the story (textual support) 4. Explain how the complex character helps to develop the theme (textual support) 5. Explain how the author's writing style helped to create effects like mystery, tension, surprise, conflict, etc. (textual support)
Step 3: Submit
Once you are finished, upload and submit your summative in Google Classroom! Make sure you proof-read your work for errors before submitting.