The motivation of short story characters, as well as the theme, is revealed by authors through dialogue, setting and symbolism. ... In summary, it is evident that the techniques used by the three authors: settings, symbolism and dialogue plays a dynamic role in bringing clarity to their stories, feelings, exactness and other nuances. ...
The short story, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is about small village that has a dark tradition. ... Readers come to believe that the kids are just being kids and they are playing around. ... This is completely ironic as Old Man Warner thinks it is right to have the lottery, but if any right-minded person were to read this short story, they would think the lottery is completely wrong and barbaric. ... The short story was filled with irony right from the title to the last sentences....
The first publication of the short story "Cathedral" was in the March, 1981, issue of Atlantic Monthly. It was selected to appear in "The Best American Short Stories, 1982," and became the title story in the 1983 collection, Cathedral. ... was chosen for The Best American Short Stories, 1967. ... Plot Summary "Cathedral" opens with the narrator telling the reader in a conversational tone that a blind friend of his wife's is coming to visit them. ... Summary The narrator, or storyteller, of Raymond Carver's short story "Cathedral" opens by saying, "This blind man, an old friend of ...
