All along, it seems that noone wanted to be the winner of the lottery. ... Like for Mr.Summers, we could notice that "Summers" refer to the season of Summer, which is usually considered by many a season of hapiness, energy, sun, birds...etc. "He was a round-faced, jovial man and he ran a [... ]", "a round-faced man" seems to be refering to the sun (round and circular), which is the first thing that we think about in Summer. Old man Warner, "Warner" comes from "Warn" & "Warning", which it's pretty obvious that he's the type of person who always warns the other people. ...

• Word Count: 797
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

As the seasons change in the beginning of the story, so does the weather that brings about the autumn and winter months. ... The exposition talks about the movement of the soldiers and the trucks along the dirt roads during the changing of the seasons. ... This all is interrupted by the woman that was the head of the hospital. ... He was shot by Frederic, and a man by the name of Bonello traveling with Frederic made sure the man was dead. ... The reader/audience in the falling feels compassion for this man that longs to be with his lost love and his unborn child. ...

• Word Count: 1000
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The name of the man who runs the lottery, Mr. Summers, immediately arouses feelings of the season in the reader's minds. ... The person who conducts this unjustified murder is described as a man "who had time and energy to devote to civic action." ... The town all arrives in the square to see who will be the lucky one chosen. ... They all work together to create a surprising ending. ...

• Word Count: 812
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Her religious values played a key role in all of her writings. ... All of the beliefs are based on nature not on the scripture. ... In the Beginning of Summer and winter we see another take on how the seasons came about. ... By taking these breaks it was so that the seasons of summer and winter were formed. ... "(58) In Dine Bahane we see the epic struggle of man against woman. ...

• Word Count: 1038
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"It's agin justice,"" said Jim Wheeler, "to let this yer young man from Roaring Camp "an entire stranger " carry away our money."" ... - (Harte 397) The treacherous weather is against them more so than anything or anyone because the weather kills them all. ... A secret committee had determined to rid the town of all improper persons. ... Landmarks of the narrative exhibit the site of the story's background. 3 In that advanced season the party soon passed out of the moist, temperate regions of the foothills into the dry, cold, bracing air of the Sierras. ...

• Word Count: 918
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Bradbury does this in many stories but specifically in "The Dwarf" and "The Man Upstairs." "The Man Upstairs" was based on many of these transients. ... Koberman, the man that moves upstairs, is said to have an unusual aura. ... "The Man Upstairs" provided a very interesting point of view. ... Bradbury's stories and poems are the perfect combinations of all his abilities and skills. ...

• Word Count: 1033
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School