Charles

Vocabulary
 * 1) Renounced (V): gave up; abandoned (P 473)
 * 2) Insolently (ADV): with bold disrespect (P 473)
 * 3) Warily (ADV): cautiously (P 475)
 * 4) Incredulously (ADV): unbelievingly (P 475)
 * 5) Haggard (ADJ): looking worn-out and exhausted (P 475)

Along with reading "Charles," we will be reading "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.

Pay particular attention to the difference as well as similarities in her writing style between "The Lottery" and "The Ransom of Red Chief." How is this different than "Charles"?

Some questions that will help guide you to understand the story:


 * Literary Elements**

 **Getting Things Straight**
 * Mood/Atmosphere—the feeling you get from reading the story
 * Theme—the main message of the story (universal)
 * Foreshadowing—the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later
 * 1) What is the **mood or atmosphere** in the first paragraph?
 * 2) Why was everyone assembled in the square?
 * 3) What is the **setting** of the story?
 * 4) Predict: What do you think the black box is for?
 * 5) From whose **point of view** is the story being told? (Who do you think is telling the story?)
 * 6) How long do you think the lottery has been around for?
 * 7) Who directs the lottery?
 * 8) What happened with Mrs. Hutchinson? Who are the two women she talks to? (3)
 * 9) What will happen because Clyde Dunbar broke his leg?
 * 10) Predict: What do you think the lottery is for? Do you think it is a positive thing or a negative thing? Why? (3-4)
 * 11) What is the lottery?
 * 12) How does Old Man Warner respond to talk about giving up the lottery?
 * 13) What does he say is the reason or purpose of the lottery?
 * 14) What does he say will happen without a lottery?
 * 15) Who’s got the lottery ticket?
 * 16) Predict again: do you think people want to pick the lottery ticket? Why?
 * 17) What do all the Hutchinson kids have to do now?
 * 18) What have the villagers not forgotten?
 * 19) What do Mrs. Hutchinson and Mrs. Dunbar start to do?
 * 20) What happens to Mrs. Hutchinson at the end?

 **Essential Questions** · If the majority of the people are doing something, does it make it right? · Can good people do evil things? · What keeps a society or community together? · What purpose do rituals and traditions serve in a society? · Why do people sometimes engage in pointless violence and inhumanity?

__Character list:__
· **Bobby Martin** : Boy who loads his pockets with stones that he will use after townspeople draw lottery numbers. He also helps build a pile of stones. · **Baxter Martin** : Older brother of Bobby Martin. · **Harry Jones** : Boy who joins Bobby Martin in building the pile of stones. · **Dickie Delacroix** : Boy who joins Bobby Martin and Harry Jones in building the pile of stones. · **Mr. Martin** : Bobby Martin's father. He operates a grocery store. · **Mrs. Martin** : Wife of Mr. Martin. · **Joe Summers** : Coal dealer who conducts the lottery. He has no children. · **Mr. Summers's Wife** : Shrewish woman. · **Mr. Graves** : Postmaster. He assists Mr. Summers. **Mrs. Graves** : Wife of the postmaster. · **Old Man Warner** : Oldest man in town. · **Tessie Hutchinson** : Woman who arrives late for the lottery. ·  **Bill Hutchinson** : Husband of Mrs. Hutchinson. ·  **Bill Jr., Nancy, Little Dave** : Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson. · **School Friends of Nancy Hutchinson** · **Eva** : Daughter of Bill and Tessie Hutchinson. · **Don** : Eva's husband. · **Mrs. Delacroix** : Mother of Dickie Delacroix. · **Mr. Delacroix** : Husband of Mrs. Delacroix. · **Clyde Dunbar** : Village resident who broke his leg and cannot attend the lottery. ·  **Janey Dunbar** : Wife of Clyde Dunbar. She draws for her husband. · **Horace Dunbar** : Son of Clyde and Janey Dunbar. Being under sixteen, he is not old enough to draw for his father. · **Another Dunbar** : Son of Clyde and Janey Dunbar. · **Jack Watson** : Teenager who draws for himself and his mother. · **Mrs.Watson** : Mother of the Watson boy. · **Steve Adams** : First villager to draw from the lottery box. · **Mrs. Adams** : Wife of Steve Adams. · **Allen, Anderson, Bentham, Clarak** : Residents who draw after Steve Adams. · **Harburt, Jones, Overdyke, Percy, Zanini** : Participants who draw next.