Directions:  In the appropriate conference on our class Web Board, discuss one or all of the following. 

1. What point-of-view (see the Introduction to Literary Analysis) is "The Lottery" told in?  How does that point-of-view influence the story?  How might the story have been different in another point-of-view.
2. Read "The Morning of June 28, 1948 and 'The Lottery'."  What do you think provoked such a strong reaction in readers about this story?  What was your own reaction to the story?
3. Given when the story was written, what historical event might have shaped the theme of the story and how?