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Characteristics（蔡嘉懿）Bobby,HarryJones,DickieDelacroix,BobbyMartin:naïve,curious,(representsforthenewgenerationthataredestroyedbythefeudatorialthoughts.)Mr.Summers:Pitiful(Forhehadnochildrenandhiswifewasascold),Traditional,numb(summersrepresentsforthetime),brutal(“‘Allrightfolks.’Mr.Summersaid,‘Let’sfinishquickly’.”)energetic:directcharacterization(“whohadtimeandenergytodevotetocivicactivities”)Mr.Graves:calm,serious,polite,rationalBaxter:powerful,young,energetic(“Baxter,cameforwardtoholdtheboxsteadyonthestoolwhileMr.Summersstirredupthepapersinsideit.”)Warner:Old(theoldestmaninthevillage),brutal,（OldManWarnerwassaying,Comeon,comeon,everyone.）conservative,“OldManWarnersnorted,Packofcrazyfools,hesaid.Listeningtotheyoungfolks,nothing'sgoodenoughforthem.Nextthingyouknow,they'llbewantingtogobacktolivingincaves,nobodyworkanymore,livethatwayforawhile.Usedtobeasayingabout'LotteryinJune,cornbeheavysoon.'）numb,Seventy-seventhyearIbeeninthelottery,OldManWarnersaidashewentthroughthecrowd.Seventy-seventhtime.stubbornNothingbuttroubleinthat,OldManWarnersaidstoutly.Packofyoungfools.Mrs.Hutchinson:tragic,(She“won”thelottery)helpless,(Everyoneishappythatthepersonwhowonthelotteryisnotthem.Nooneisfeelingsadorunfairforher)selfish（askedtoletherdaughterjointhesecondroundoflottery）Mrs.Dunbar/Mrs.Delacroix:chilling,hypocritical,(ShetalkedtoMrs.Hutchinsonsofriendlybeforeshewaspickedtobethepersonwhowasgoingtodie.Then,shechoseabigstonetokillher“friend”.)brutal(shechoseabigstone)Waston:brave,lovehismother,responsible(drawthelotteryforhismother)Mr.AdamsandMrs.Adams:Daretoquestion,awareofthebadofthelottery,(Theydosay,Mr.AdamssaidtoOldManWarner,whostoodnexttohim,thatoverinthenorthvillagethey'retalkingofgivingupthelottery.)NancyandBill:coldanddetached,selfish(Astheywerehappywhentheyknewtheywerenotgoingtodie)Devices:（蔡嘉懿）1.Indirectcharacterization:Forexample,Warner,theoldestman.Theauthoruseshiswordstodescribehimasabrutal,conservative,numb,stubbornman.“OldManWarnersnorted,Packofcrazyfools,hesaid.Listeningtotheyoungfolks,nothing'sgoodenoughforthem.Nextthingyouknow,they'llbewantingtogobacktolivingincaves,nobodyworkanymore,livethatwayforawhile.Usedtobeasayingabout'LotteryinJune,cornbeheavysoon.’”Here,hebelievedtheadvantagesoflottery,keepingtheoldconceptioninsteadofacceptingnewideas.2.Irony(1)“Mrs.Delacroixsaid,You'reintime,though.They'restilltalkingawayupthere.Seemslikethere'snotimeatallbetweenlotteriesanymore,Mrs.DelacroixsaidtoMrs.Gravesinthebackrow.Seemslikewegotthroughwiththelastoneonlylastweek.Fromthequotation,weknowthatMrs.DelacroixtalkedfriendlytoMrs.Hutchinson,butlateronshekilledherwithabigstonewithoutanypity.AuthorusesironictonetoexpressthedetestofthefolkswhobelieveinoldtraditionandcriticizesboththetraditionsandfolkslikeMrs.Delacroix.(2)“Delacroix--thevillagerspronouncedthisnameDellacroy”theoriginalmeaningof“Delacroix”istheCrosswhichrepresentsfor“Christianity”.Then,authorusesironyofpeople’smistakeofpronouncingthatwordtocriticizetheirmisunderstandingofChristianitybydoingLottery.3.Repetition(1)“TessieHutchinsonshoutedtoMr.Summers,Youdidn'tgivehimtimeenoughtotakeanypaperhewanted.Isawyou.Itwasn'tfair!”Itisn'tfair,itisn'tright,Mrs.Hutchinsonscreamedandthentheywereuponher.Here,theauthorusestherepetitionofthewordsofMrs.Hutchinsonstating“unfair”toshowhersorrowandfear.ShebetterpassesthemessageofthebadoftheLotterythroughemphasizingthepain.(2)TheblackboxTheauthordescribetheblackboxoverandoveragaininordertocriticizetheoldtraditionthroughtherepetitionoftheblackbox.4.Symbolize(1)Mr.Summeristhenameofonemaincharacter.“Summer”isthesymbolofyearsandpassingtimewhichisalsoironicallyrevealingthatthefolksarenumb.(2)theoriginalmeaningof“Delacroix”istheCrosswhichisthesymbolfor“Christianity”.Then,authorusesironyofpeople’smistakeofpronouncingthatwordtocriticizetheirmisunderstandingofChristianitybydoingLottery.(3)Thename“Graves”isthesymbolofdeath.