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Tone In Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

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In the story The Lottery Shirley Jackson used several tone to develop the story. The tone at the beginning of story is peaceful and joyous. In the setting where story took place is “Clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day. The flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.” Words which tells that peaceful and joyous tone are, clear, sunny, fresh, warmth, richly green and blossoming. Furthermore, the author used other example to show joyous life in the village. “ School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them.” In this example the author used words “liberty sat uneasily” to show how kids in the village were eager to have fun. This helps to illustrate how
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