Questions on The Guest, (pp. 190-200):
What is the central conflict of the story? Is it external or internal? Can it be defined in terms of dilemma?
Why does Daru give the prisoner his freedom? What reasons are there for not giving him his freedom?
Questions on The Lottery (421-431)
Consider The Lottery (421-431). What is the fundamental irony of the story? By transporting a primitive ritual into a modern setting, the author is able to say something about human nature and human society. What?
The Lottery (421-431)
Briefly trace the history of the ritual. What has changed?
What is a scapegoat? Is scapegoat psychology still practiced?
The Lottery (421-431)
A cultural blind spot is an accepted group practice that is accepted as proper at the time, though later is discovered to be cruel, unfair, and improper. Is this lottery an example?
Twenty-five to fifty years from now (2025-2050), what present cultural practices may we then consider to have been cultural blind spots?