"You're Ugly Too"

"I'm going out of my mind."  This quote was said early on in the story, "You're Ugly Too."  It may have been foreshadowing that even though she may had been kidding at the point, she really was going out of her mind.  When Zoe met the man dressed as a girl, she was very awkward.  She would keep trying to joke around with him, but he just thought it was weird.  At the end, it shows that she really is interested in this guy because she cares about what she looks like.  This story is also very sarcastic and ironic.  It is ironic because she talks about how she wants a guy, but she criticizes each of them and has a problem with everyone.  Zoe has very bad social skills.  However, it made the story more humorous!

"The Drunkard"

"Dadda, can't we go home now?"  This is a quote from "The Drunkard."  It shows a little bit about the relationship between the son and father.  The father in the story is either an alcoholic, or the kid just does not like it when his dad drinks.  This is because the son drank from the dad's cup of alcohol, so the dad would not drink it.  The dad was very angry at this, but he was almost just more embarrassed.  He did not want his friends to see that his 10 year old son was drunk.  He felt that people would judge him or make fun of him.  This was another unique story.

"Popular Mechanics"/ metaphor

"But it was getting dark on the inside too."  This was an example of a metaphor.  It is explaining that even though it was dark outside, it was dark inside.  This meant that it was very gloomy, sad, and frightening on the inside.  In "Popular Mechanics," the husband is leaving.  It is a very intense divorce, especially because it involves a baby.  They both want the baby, and they are both fighting to keep him.  The husband becomes forceful and almost violent.  I think at the end when it says, "the issue was decided," this means that the baby had fallen, and he had been seriously hurt or even died.  This story was very intense, but also made me very sad.

"The Lottery"/direct characterization

"He was a round-faced jovial man..."  This is an example of direct characterization.  It describes the man using many direct adjectives.  "The Lottery," like many of the other stories, was quite interesting, but a bit weird.  First reading this, I thought they may have actually been drawing for the lottery.  However, this lottery was a bit different.  Whoever's name was chosen, they would be stoned to death.  This would not be a lottery that I would want to win.  However, for this tribe, most people were excited about it and wanted to be chosen.  I feel that some people thought of it as an honor.  They performed rituals almost like the Aztecs.  The Aztecs would sacrifice people to the gods.  The people in this village would sacrifice people to have their crops grow.  This was a very weird story!