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- 1The Lottery Author, CharactersAuthor: Shirley Jackson
Characters: Tessie/Bill Hutchinson, Mr. Summers, - 2The Lottery Setting, Ironysetting: Old fashion village
Irony: You don't want to win this lottery - 3The Lottery Symbol, PlotSymbol: dark spot, black box, stones, Plot: People picking tickets, Tessie gets stoned
- 4A Visit of Charity Author, Characters, SettingAuthor: Eudora Welty
Characters: Campfire girl, Addie nurse, Setting: Nursing home - 5A Visit of Charity Irony, SymbolIrony: Charity visit was not out of the goodness of her heart
Symbol: apple, plant, darkness - 6Visit of Charity PlotThe campfire girl visits a nursing home and two women are arguing and begging
- 7The Last Lesson Author, Characters, SettingAuthor: Alphonse Daudet
Characters: Franz, M. Hamel
Setting: France, in a school - 8The Last Lesson Irony, SymbolIrony: Kids don't want to go to school now they want to
Symbol: Ruler, Prussians - 9The Last Lesson plotM. Hamel is stopped from teaching French, and are forced to speak German
- 10Gift of the Madgi author, charactersauthor: O' Henry
Characters: Della, Jim, Mme. Sophronie - 11Gift of The Madgi Setting, IronySetting: City apartment
Irony: Della gave Jim a chain for his nonexistent watch and Jim gave Della combs for her nonexistent hair - 12Gift of the Madgi Symbol, PlotSymbol: Combs, Hair, chain, watch
Plot:Della cuts her hair and sells it, and Jim buys Della combs. - 13Maud Martha and New YorkAuthor:Gwendolyn Brooks
Characters:18 year old women
Setting:New York, shop windows
Irony:She wants to be something she isn’t.
Symbol:sound, clothes, sign, New York, colors, clothes, food, people, etc.
Quote: “She it was” - 14African MorningAfrican Morning
Author: Langston Hughes
Characters: Mauri, father, Captain Higgins
Settings: Niger river, Niger Delta,
Irony:He was not allowed to look at gold but he was gold.
Symbol: Gold, lagoon, Bastard of Gold
Plot: His father does not want him, and he swims in a lagoon a thinks of suicide.
Quote: "maybe that is why black people hate me, because I am the color of gold" - 15The NecklaceAuthor: Guy de Maupassant
Characters: Mathilde, Mme. Loisel, Mme. Forestier
Settings: Jewelry store Palais Royal, France
Irony: Matilde gave Mme. Forestier a 40,000 franc necklace when it was only worth 500 francs
Symbol: Necklace, dress, flowers
Plot They were searching through jewelry stores for the necklace.
Quote ”it was only paste”
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